distrust
distrustful
They stood in a corner looking around distrustfully.
The other passengers in the carriage all eyed him distrustfully.
The villagers reacted very distrustfully towards any attempts to help them.
We looked distrustfully at each other before speaking.
She carefully opened the box and looked at the contents distrustfully.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Trusting and not trusting
(you can) depend on/upon itidiom
accept/take something on faithidiom
bank
bank on someone/something
believe
believe in something
distrust
distrustful
distrustful of someone/something
have faith!idiom
I wouldn't trust someone as far as I could throw themidiom
mistrustfully
non-confidence
not trust someone an/one inchidiom
put/place your faith in something/someoneidiom
reliance
turn to someone/something
untrusting
untrustworthiness
untrustworthy