'distrust' definitions:
Definition of 'distrust'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
The trait of not trusting others [syn: distrust, distrustfulness, mistrust] [ant: trust, trustfulness, trustingness]
verb
Definition of 'distrust'
From: GCIDE
- distrust \dis*trust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distrusting.] [Cf. Mistrust.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- Not distrusting my health. --2 Mac. ix. 22. [1913 Webster]
- To distrust the justice of your cause. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other. --Udall. [1913 Webster]
- Of all afraid, Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid. --Collins. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust. --T. L. K. Oliphant. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'distrust'
From: GCIDE
- distrust \dis*trust"\, n.
- 1. Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; lack of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Suspicion of evil designs. [1913 Webster]
- Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of false principles. --D. Webster. [1913 Webster]
- 3. State of being suspected; loss of trust. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'distrust'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apprehension,
- awake a doubt,
- be diffident,
- be doubtful,
- be dubious,
- be possessive,
- be skeptical,
- be uncertain,
- cageyness,
- call in question,
- caution,
- challenge,
- chariness,
- contest,
- diffidence,
- disbelief,
- disbelieve,
- discredit,
- dispute,
- distrustfulness,
- doubt,
- doubtfulness,
- dubiety,
- dubiousness,
- greet with skepticism,
- half believe,
- half-belief,
- harbor suspicions,
- have reservations,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- incredulity,
- leeriness,
- misdoubt,
- misgive,
- misgiving,
- mistrust,
- mistrustfulness,
- Pyrrhonism,
- qualm,
- query,
- question,
- raise a question,
- scepticism,
- scruple,
- scrupulousness,
- self-doubt,
- shadow of doubt,
- skepticalness,
- skepticism,
- smell a rat,
- suspect,
- suspicion,
- suspiciousness,
- throw doubt upon,
- total skepticism,
- treat with reserve,
- unbelieve,
- uncertainty,
- wariness