distrustful

IPA: dɪstrˈʌstfʌɫ

(active sense) Experiencing distrust, showing distrust, wary, sceptical, suspicious, doubtful.
(passive sense) Causing or giving rise to distrust.

Examples of "distrustful" in Sentences

The survey found that Obama’s policies were partly to blame for a rise in distrustful, anti-government views.
Moreover they stated that brands that did not protect their online identity made them feel "distrustful" (56\%), "disappointed" (17\%), "betrayed" (13\%), and
Then, going to the bag, her compressed lips twitching, her gray eyes piercing into its clasp with a kind of distrustful optimism, she lifted the pincers and tweaked it hard.
He seemed to have obtained most complete sway over his master or patron, whose looks he watched, and whose steps he followed, with a kind of distrustful interest that puzzled me greatly.
In terms of those who are "distrustful" about the port deal, the congressional majority has been just as vocal as the minority, including top GOP leaders like Bill Frist, Dennis Hastert, and Tom DeLay.
Whilst I remain distrustful of Cameron on matters European, he will surely not want to start his Ministry by refusing the British people once more a comprehensive say on Europe, if only to try and settle the matter for a generation.