Distrustful and Idealistic

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Distrustful adjective - Inclined to doubt or question claims.

Usage example: she was distrustful of her boyfriend's claim of having saved the kitten from a raging fire

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Idealistic is an antonym for distrustful.

Nearby Words: distrust, distrusted, distrusting

Idealistic adjective - Having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality.

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Distrustful is an antonym for idealistic.

Nearby Words: ideal, ideally, idealize, idealized, idealise

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