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mistrustfulness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mistrustfulness

a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something

eyed the strange invention with his usual mistrustfulness

Synonyms of mistrustfulness

distrust, distrustfulness, doubt, dubiety, dubitation [archaic], incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, query, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty

Words Related to mistrustfulness

disbelief, incredulity, unbelief

anxiety, concern, paranoia, wariness

compunction, niggle [chiefly British], qualm, scruple, tremor

Near Antonyms of mistrustfulness

credence, faith

Antonyms of mistrustfulness

assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, sureness, surety, trust

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