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distrust

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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

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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

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