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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distrustful |
| Synonyms: | been hit before, cagey, cautious, chary, cynical, doubtful, doubting, dubious, fearful, jealous, leery, skeptical, suspicious, uneasy, untrusting, uptight, wary |
| Main Entry: | disbelieving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suspicious, doubting |
| Synonyms: | aporetic, cagey, cynical, incredulous, leery, mistrustful, questioning, quizzical, show-me, skeptical, unbelieving |
| Antonyms: | believing, trusting, unquestioning, unsuspicious |
| Main Entry: | distrustful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disbelieving |
| Synonyms: | been hit before, cagey, cautious, chary, cynical, doubtful, doubting, dubious, fearful, jealous, leery, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, uneasy, uptight, wary |
| Antonyms: | assured, believing, certain, faithful, trustful, trusting, unsuspecting |
| Main Entry: | dubious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vague, unclear |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, debatable, disinclined, doubtful, equivocal, indefinite, indeterminate, mistrustful, obscure, open, problematic, problematical, undecided, unsettled |
| Notes: | a person is capable of doubting, whereas a thing is dubitable; dubious, unlike doubtful, carries the connotation of suspicion |
| Antonyms: | certain, clear, definite, unambiguous, unobscure |
| Main Entry: | incredulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unbelieving |
| Synonyms: | disbelieving, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, hesitant, mistrustful, questioning, quizzical, show-me, skeptical, suspect, suspicious, uncertain, unconvinced, unsatisfied, wary |
| Notes: | incredible means 'unbelievable' and incredulous means 'unbelieving' |
| Antonyms: | believing, convinced, credulous |
| Main Entry: | jealous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desirous; wary |
| Synonyms: | anxious, apprehensive, attentive, begrudging, covetous, demanding, doubting, emulous, envious, envying, grabby, grasping, green-eyed, grudging, guarded, intolerant, invidious, jaundiced, mistrustful, monopolizing, possessive, possessory, protective, questioning, resentful, rival, skeptical, solicitous, suspicious, vigilant, watchful, zealous |
| Notes: | jealous means envious or fearful of being replaced by a rival; zealous means marked by active interest and enthusiasm |
| Antonyms: | confident, content, satisfied, trusting, unresentful |
| Main Entry: | skeptical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disbelieving, leery |
| Synonyms: | agnostic, aporetic, cynical, dissenting, doubtful, doubting, dubious, freethinking, hesitating, incredulous, mistrustful, questioning, quizzical, scoffing, show-me, suspicious, unbelieving, unconvinced |
| Antonyms: | believing, devoted, undoubting |
| Main Entry: | suspicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distrustful |
| Synonyms: | apprehensive, cagey, careful, cautious, doubtful, green-eyed, in doubt, incredulous, jealous, leery, mistrustful, not born yesterday on the lookout, questioning, quizzical, skeptical, suspect, suspecting, unbelieving, uptight*, wary, watchful, without belief, without faith, wondering |
| Antonyms: | innocent, trustworthy, trusty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unbelieving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skeptical |
| Synonyms: | agnostic, cynical, disbelieving, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, freethinking, leery, mistrustful, nonbelieving, not born yesterday, questioning, show-me, suspicious, unconvinced |
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