Trustful and Untrusting

Opposite meaning words

Trustful adjective - Having or showing trust in another.

Usage example: a trustful child quietly sleeping, sure in the knowledge that his parents would be there when he woke

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Untrusting is an antonym for trustful in topics: naive, innocent, gullible.

Untrusting adjective - Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.

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Trustful is an antonym for untrusting.

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