'Distrusting' definitions:
Definition of 'Distrusting'
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 'Distrusting'
From: GCIDE
- Distrusting \Dis*trust"ing\, a. That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in. -- {Dis*trust"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]