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distrusting

distrusting adjective: inclined to distrust; distrustful; suspicious. Also the present participle and gerund of distrust.

Adjective

distrusting (comparative more distrusting, superlative most distrusting)

  1. Inclined to distrust; distrustful; suspicious.
    • To the contrary, compared to the Pew Research Center respondents who either worked for government or lived in a household with someone who did, those who worked for nongovernmental employers under contracts and grants were usually the most distrusting of all.2010, Paul C. Light, The True Size of Government, page 79
    • Her small stature and quiet nature enables her to slip in and out of places unnoticed... her gentle character allows her to deceive even the most distrusting of men with merely a blink of her wide eyes and an innocent smile.2016, Megan Linski, Prince of Fire

Also used as

distrusting is also the present participle and gerund of distrust.

Forms of distrusting

comparativemore distrusting
superlativemost distrusting

Words formed from distrusting

Questions about distrusting

What does distrusting mean?
Distrusting means inclined to distrust; distrustful; suspicious.
What part of speech is distrusting?
Distrusting is an adjective.

Words near distrusting in the dictionary

  1. distrustest
  2. distrusteth
  3. distrustful
  4. distrustfully
  5. distrustfulness
  6. distrusting
  7. distrustingly
  8. distrustless
  9. distrusts
  10. dists.
  11. distune

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