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Mistrustful vs Questionable - What's the difference?

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Mistrustful is a related term of questionable.


As adjectives the difference between mistrustful and questionable

is that mistrustful is having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings while questionable is (obsolete) inviting questions; inviting inquiry.

mistrustful

English

Adjective

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

    Derived terms

    * mistrustfully * mistrustfulness

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    questionable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Inviting questions; inviting inquiry.
  • * Shakespeare, Hamlet :
    • Thou comest in such a questionable shape.
  • Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.
    • It is questionable if the universe is open or closed.
  • Of dubious respectability or morality.
    • Tiffiny's behavior is highly questionable .