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distrust
(d/I/s'tr/@/st )

noun (n)

  • doubt about someone's honesty(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    misgiving, mistrust, suspicion
    source: wordnet30
  • the trait of not trusting others(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    distrustfulness, mistrust
    Antonym:
    trust, trustfulness, trustingness
    source: wordnet30
  • Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in(verb.cognition)
    Synonym:
    mistrust, suspect
    Antonym:
    bank, rely, swear, trust
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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