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| English Dictionary: distrust |
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| 3 results for distrust |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- distrust
- n
- doubt about someone's honesty [syn: misgiving,
mistrust, distrust, suspicion]
- the trait of not trusting others
Synonym(s): distrust, distrustfulness, mistrust
Antonym(s): trust, trustfulness, trustingness
- v
- regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no
faith or confidence in
Synonym(s): distrust, mistrust, suspect
Antonym(s): bank, rely, swear, trust
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Distrust \Dis*trust"\, n.
1. Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of
confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's
power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.
2. Suspicion of evil designs.
Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of
false principles. --D. Webster.
3. State of being suspected; loss of trust. --Milton.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
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.
Not distrusting my health. --2 Mac. ix.
22.
To distrust the justice of your cause. --Dryden.
He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other.
--Udall.
Of all afraid, Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious
maid. --Collins.
Note: Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust.
--T. L. K. Oliphant.
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