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distrustful

adjective C2
  1. Experiencing distrust, showing distrust, wary, sceptical, suspicious, doubtful.
  2. Causing or giving rise to distrust.
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Here sat Marilla Cuthbert, when she sat at all, always slightly distrustful of sunshine, which seemed to her too dancing and irresponsible a thing for a world which was meant to be taken seriously; and here she sat now, knitting, and the table behind her was laid for supper.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 4 · C1

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