[syn: distrust, mistrust, suspect]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Not distrusting my health. --2 Mac. ix.
22.
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To distrust the justice of your cause. --Dryden.
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He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other.
--Udall.
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Of all afraid,
Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid. --Collins.
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Note: Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust.
--T. L. K. Oliphant.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. Suspicion of evil designs.
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Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of
false principles. --D. Webster.
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3. State of being suspected; loss of trust. --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
distrust
n 1: doubt about someone's honesty [syn: misgiving,
mistrust, distrust, suspicion]
2: the trait of not trusting others [syn: distrust,
distrustfulness, mistrust] [ant: trust, trustfulness,
trustingness]
v 1: regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no
faith or confidence in [syn: distrust, mistrust,
suspect] [ant: bank, rely, swear, trust]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "distrust":
Pyrrhonism, 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, 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