distrust

Speech parts

1. distrust - Noun

2. distrust - Verb

Meaning

To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistrust.

Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.

Suspicion of evil designs.

State of being suspected; loss of trust.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mistrust misgiving suspicion distrustfulness doubt suspect skepticism disbelief apprehension incredulity uncertainty unbelief wariness lack of confidence beware
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Antonyms

trust bank creed romanticism sparkle believe
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Hypernyms

doubt disbelieve dubiety uncertainty trait discredit

Hyponyms

doubt suspicion suspiciousness

Phrases with the word

distrust of russians feeling of distrust towards russians with distrust exhibiting irrational distrust of others exhibiting extreme distrust of others irrational distrust

Derivatives

distrusted distrusting

Examples

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him. Henry L. Stimson

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. H. L. Mencken

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action. Frank Herbert

Once a person cheats in an exam, forever people will distrust him. Indonesian Proverb

Where distrust enters, love is no more than a boy. Chilean Proverb

Distrust is poison to friendship. Danish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

distropha distrouble distroubled distrust of russians distruster distrustful