Synonyms: distrustful
Definition: having or showing distrust
Usage: a man of distrustful nature; my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally- B.N.Cardozo; vigilant and distrustful superintendence- Thomas Jefferson
Similar words: cynical, misanthropic, misanthropical
Definition: believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
Similar words: sceptical, skeptical, doubting, questioning
Definition: marked by or given to doubt
Usage: a skeptical attitude; a skeptical listener
Similar words: overjealous, jealous, green-eyed
Definition: suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
Usage: a jealous lover
Similar words: leery, suspicious, mistrustful, untrusting, wary
Definition: openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Similar words: misogynic
Definition: (used of men) having deep-seated distrust of women
Similar words: oversuspicious
Definition: unduly suspicious