UNTRUSTING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

untrusting

adjective

Definition of untrusting

as in distrustful

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Recent Examples of untrusting Owner and patriarch of Hale Ranch, which has been in the family for six generations, Ikua is untrusting toward outsiders. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026 In the month following the surgery, officials said the animal’s health and untrusting behavior completely turned around. — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025 Now available to stream, Season 2 introduces new characters, including Peter’s new partner, Alice (Brittany Snow), and his new untrusting supervisor, Catherine (Amanda Warren). — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025 Those already untrusting of their employers are highly unlikely to do so. — Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 This type can appear needy, untrusting or clingy in their actions toward a partner. — Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2023 After a harrowing event, an untrusting street vendor discovers the embrace of community. — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2022 Eugene Borgida, a professor of psychology and law at the University of Minnesota, claims that forced participation tends to make participants defensive and untrusting, which makes for a less effective program. — Candice Wang, Popular Science, 16 June 2020 The players, who really bought in at first, became confused and untrusting, uncertain that Jurgen would honor their commitment to him by rewarding them with a consistent status on the pitch. — Jon Weinbach, Slate Magazine, 13 Oct. 2017

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Adjective

The 72-year-old’s popularity boomed during the pandemic, when his insistence that COVID vaccines were dangerous and his opposition to lockdown restrictions attracted many Americans distrustful of government policy.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Fearful of invading marauders, humankind has turned distrustful and stingy, ignoring Zeus’ command to show generosity toward the poor and foreign-born, a cornerstone of faith that would later be repurposed in the New Testament.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of distrustful

Adjective

The Social Democrats, led by Kurt Schumacher, a prickly figure who had suffered horribly for resisting the Nazis, were mistrustful of the United States and hoped to reunify Germany as a neutral state at the center of Europe.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Once a lawyerly panel, a takeover by a trio of conservatives deeply mistrustful of the state’s voting system has turned the board’s once mundane meetings into boisterous events packed with crowds of cheering and jeering activists.

— Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of mistrustful

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