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Mistrustful vs Mistrusting - What's the difference?

mistrustful | mistrusting |

As an adjective mistrustful

is having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.

As a verb mistrusting is

present participle of mistrust.

As a noun mistrusting is

mistrust.

mistrustful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.
    • Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood.

    Derived terms

    * mistrustfully * mistrustfulness

    References

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    mistrusting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • mistrust
  • * Charles Marriott
    • We are not to expect such striking revelations as those received of whom we have read, but we may at least learn from them to distrust our own mistrustings .