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Distrustfulness — Distrustful Dis*trust ful, a. 1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one s powers. [1913 Webster] Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Apt to distrust;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distrustfulness — noun see distrustful … New Collegiate Dictionary
distrustfulness — See distrustfully. * * * … Universalium
distrustfulness — noun The state or quality of being distrustful or doubtful; distrust; mistrust … Wiktionary
distrustfulness — n. suspicion, disbelief, lack of trust … English contemporary dictionary
distrustfulness — dis·trust·ful·ness … English syllables
distrustfulness — noun the trait of not trusting others • Syn: ↑distrust, ↑mistrust • Ant: ↑trust (for: ↑distrust) • Derivationally related forms: ↑mistrust ( … Useful english dictionary
distrustful — adjective Date: 1589 having or showing distrust • distrustfully adverb • distrustfulness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
paranoia — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, madness, from paranous demented, from para + nous mind Date: circa 1811 1. a psychosis characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations 2. a tendency on the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Rupert Hart-Davis — Sir Rupert Charles Hart Davis (28 August 1907 – 8 December 1999) was an English publisher, editor and man of letters. He founded the publishing company Rupert Hart Davis Ltd. As a biographer, he is remembered for his Hugh Walpole (1952), as an… … Wikipedia
