distrustfulness
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7.5
- noun
- /dɪsˈtrʌstfəl.nəs/
- The team's distrustfulness of new members slowed down their progress.
Examples
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His constant distrustfulness is a barrier to building strong relationships.
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2: a tendency on the part of an individual or group toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness and distrustfulness of others
Blog text (21) -
Her distrustfulness made it hard for her to form close friendships.
Synonyms
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5.1
A feeling of doubt about an idea or claim when there is not enough proof
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7.2
A general belief that people act mainly to help themselves
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3.1
A general feeling that other people cannot be trusted
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3.5
A feeling that someone or something cannot be relied on
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4.0
A feeling of not trusting someone or something
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6.4
A feeling of not trusting people or plans much
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5.4
A habit of not trusting other people's motives
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7.8
A feeling of doubt or not trusting something
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7.9
A feeling of being careful and suspicious about people or things that may be unsafe
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9.9
A feeling that someone or something cannot be trusted
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8.0
A hidden feeling that people doubt each other in a group
Antonyms
How Distrustful
Surface Forms
Morphology
distrustfulness = distrustful (transparent) = dis + trust + ful + ness
This is a standard noun formation from the adjective 'distrustful' meaning the state or quality of being distrustful.
Etymology
Distrustfulness comes from the prefix dis- meaning 'not' and the base trust meaning 'belief' or 'confidence', the same trust you see in trustworthy. So distrustfulness is the 'state of not trusting' others, or having suspicion.