distrust

distrust: distrust vb Distrust, mistrust are comparable both as verbs meaning to lack trust or confidence in someone or something and as nouns denoting such a lack of trust or confidence.

Distrust, however, implies far more certitude that something is wrong than mistrust; often it suggests conviction of another's guilt, treachery, or weakness

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Octavius had imbibed sufficient philosophy to distrust the sword as a cure for all ills— Buchan
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the same distrust and horror of the unnatural forms into which life for the majority of people is being forcedday Lewis
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Mistrust suggests domination by suspicion and, usually, fear

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he took me into a place so wild that a man less accustomed to these things might have mistrusted and feared for his life— Cather
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something . . . roused in him a suspicion that in the near future he was not going to have matters quite so much his own way. However, he concealed his mistrust as well as he could— Mackenzie
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Contrasted words: *rely, trust, depend, count, bank, reckon: confide, entrust, *commit, consign

distrust n mistrust (see under DISTRUST vb)

Analogous words: doubt, *uncertainty, dubiety, dubiosity, suspicion: *apprehension, foreboding, misgiving, presentiment

Contrasted words: confidence, *trust, reliance, dependence, faith

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Synonyms:

Doubt, suspect, lack confidence in, mistrust, disbelieve in, Suspicion, misgiving, doubt, mistrust, want of confidence

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Distrust — (or mistrust) is a formal way of not trusting any one party too much in a situation of grave risk or deep doubt. It is commonly expressed in civics as a division or balance of powers, or in politics as means of validating treaty terms. Systems… … Wikipedia
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distrust — distrust, mistrust are largely interchangeable both as nouns and as verbs, although distrust is more common. Examples: (distrust) • He was labelled as a diehard and a bigot, when he actually distrusted the diehards and was himself distrusted by… … Modern English usage
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Distrust — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Dark Metal Gründung 1992 Website http://www.distrust.de/ … Deutsch Wikipedia
distrust — [n] lack of faith in something disbelief, doubt, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, qualm, question, skepticism, suspicion, wariness; concepts 21,689 Ant. assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, credit, faith, surety, trust distrust [v] be… … New thesaurus
distrust — index apprehension (fear), cloud (suspicion), disbelieve, discount (disbelieve), discredit, dou … Law dictionary
distrust — early 15c. (v.); 1510s (n.), from DIS (Cf. dis ) + TRUST (Cf. trust). The etymologically correct form is MISTRUST (Cf. mistrust), in which both elements are Teutonic [Klein]. Related: Distrusted; distrusting; distrustful; distrustfully;… … Etymology dictionary
distrust — ► NOUN ▪ lack of trust. ► VERB ▪ have little trust in; regard with suspicion. DERIVATIVES distrustful adjective distrustfully adverb … English terms dictionary
distrust — [dis trust′] n. a lack of trust, of faith, or of confidence; doubt; suspicion vt. to have no trust, faith, or confidence in; doubt; suspect … English World dictionary

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