distrustful

adjectives

having or showing distrust

"a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson

distrustful

is derived from

distrustfulness

antonym

trustful

is similar to

believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others

cynical, misanthropic, misanthropical

is similar to

marked by or given to doubt

"a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener"

doubting, questioning, sceptical, skeptical

is similar to

suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival

"a jealous lover"

green-eyed, jealous, overjealous

is similar to

openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary

is similar to

(used of men) having deep-seated distrust of women

misogynic

is similar to

unduly suspicious

oversuspicious