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Definition of Distrustfulness
1. Noun. The trait of not trusting others.
Generic synonyms: Trait
Specialized synonyms: Suspicion, Suspiciousness
Derivative terms: Distrust, Distrustful, Mistrust
Antonyms: Trust
Definition of Distrustfulness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being distrustful or doubtful; distrust; mistrust. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Distrustfulness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Distrustfulness
Literary usage of Distrustfulness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The biblical museum by James Comper Gray (1871)
"Let every Jonah beware of frowardness ; Thomas, of distrustfulness ; Martha, of
worldliness ; Mary, of wantonness."« CHAPTER THE SECOND. 1. Beth. ..."
2. Glimpses of the Spirit-land: Addresses, Sonnets, and Other Poems by Samuel H. Lloyd (1867)
"... distrustfulness. HOW oft we fear and falter by the way, While fancy paints
with clouds the future sky, Till mortals think they have on earth no stay, ..."
3. Theophrastou Charakteres =: The Characters of Theophrastus by Theophrastus, Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1870)
"THE DISTRUSTFUL MAN. i distrustfulness] Speaking of the general characteristics
... In this passage of Aristotle distrustfulness has its most general sense, ..."
4. Theophrastou Charaktēres =: The Characters of Theophrastus by Theophrastus, Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1870)
"THE DISTRUSTFUL MAN. i distrustfulness] Speaking of the general characteristics
of elderly men, Aristotle says:—'They are ill-disposed ..."
5. Dostoievsky, His Life and Literary Activity: A Biographical Sketch by Evgenīĭ Solovʹev, Eugeniĭ Andreevich Solov'ev (1916)
"distrustfulness—above all, constant, systematic distrustfulness—has a torturing
influence upon children, in that it destroys simplicity, sincerity, ..."
6. Dominion Dental Journal (1906)
"allowing distrustfulness of each other to inflict hardships and unmerited punishment
upon talent, thrift and industry. The majority of us believe that the ..."
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