Crossword-Solution: DISTRUSTFUL
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Distrustful | a. | Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers. |
| Distrustful | a. | Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. |
We have 58 clues for the answer “DISTRUSTFUL”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| Not confident. | 3 answers |
| Leery | 7 answers |
| possessive | 22 answers |
| Jealous | 36 answers |
| Apprehensive | 40 answers |
| Unpretentious | 50 answers |
| sus | 50 answers |
| cloistered | 51 answers |
| Retiring | 51 answers |
| undemonstrative | 51 answers |
| Reclusive | 53 answers |
| distrusting | 53 answers |
| retreated | 54 answers |
| Sheep-ish? | 54 answers |
| Diffident | 55 answers |
| timorous | 56 answers |
| incredulous | 57 answers |
| coy | 60 answers |
| prudish | 61 answers |
| Bashful | 61 answers |
| inhibited | 61 answers |
| Peaceable | 62 answers |
| Timid | 62 answers |
| meek | 62 answers |
| incommunicable | 62 answers |
| unobtrusive | 62 answers |
| Reluctant | 63 answers |
| Cagey | 63 answers |
| Demure | 64 answers |
| Abashed | 66 answers |
| constrained | 67 answers |
| chary | 68 answers |
| untrustworthy | 68 answers |
| Wary | 69 answers |
| Modest | 69 answers |
| Shy | 72 answers |
| Careful | 72 answers |
| Peaceful | 72 answers |
| Cautious | 72 answers |
| Guarded | 73 answers |
| Silent | 74 answers |
| Subdued | 75 answers |
| unsociable | 75 answers |
| Decent | 75 answers |
| reticent | 76 answers |
| Solitary | 76 answers |
| secluded | 76 answers |
| Humble | 76 answers |
| cynical | 78 answers |
| Unassuming | 78 answers |
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Sentences with DISTRUSTFUL (5)
Spring was making itself unmistakably known to the distrustful New Yorker by an increased harshness of wind and prevalence of dust, when one day Evelina entered the back room at supper-time with a cluster of jonquils in her hand.
Among the opposition leaders were Too-hul-hul-sote, White Bird, and Looking Glass, all of them strong men and respected by the Indians; while on the other side were men built up by emissaries of the government for their own purposes and advertised as “great friendly chiefs.” As a rule such men are unworthy, and this is so well known to the Indians that it makes them distrustful of the government’s sincerity at the start.
But the llamas had a doubt of him and regarded him with distrustful brown eyes and spat when he drew near.
Punishment on punishment for an act which seemed right at the time had made her morbid, distrustful of herself.
Was this garden, then, the Eden of the present world? And this man, with such a perception of harm in what his own hands caused to grow,—was he the Adam? The distrustful gardener, while plucking away the dead leaves or pruning the too luxuriant growth of the shrubs, defended his hands with a pair of thick gloves.
Quotes with DISTRUSTFUL (3)
The treacherous are ever distrustful.
I have a vision. In this vision, I see men not being distrustful of women and I see women not being distrustful of men. I see a world wherein people don’t say, “I want to win, I want to control, I want to make him/her...” when talking about a potential lover. I see men believing in women and women believing in men, believing in each others’ dreams and ambitions. And I have another vision. In this vision, I see women looking at other women with eyes of love and men looking at …
I knew exactly how he felt because I had walked in his shoes, wary and distrustful, unable to believe anybody could care about me without asking for something in return.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1945).