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distrustless

distrustless adjective: without distrust; trusting or gullible.

Adjective

distrustless (comparative more distrustless, superlative most distrustless)

  1. (archaic) Without distrust; trusting or gullible.
    • Poets , ever void
      Of guile, distrustless, scorn the treasured golda. 1763, William Shenstone, Economy: A Rhapsody, addressed to young poets

Forms of distrustless

comparativemore distrustless
superlativemost distrustless

Origin of distrustless

From distrust + -less.

Questions about distrustless

What does distrustless mean?
Distrustless means without distrust; trusting or gullible.
What part of speech is distrustless?
Distrustless is an adjective.

Words near distrustless in the dictionary

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

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