adjective. ['dɪˈstrʌstfəl'] having or showing distrust.
1. Adjective A Boxer will bark because he's distrustful of your friends at the door.
1. It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. - James Baldwin 2. The treacherous are ever distrustful. - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers