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Verb: distrust  dis'trúst
  1. Regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
    "she distrusts her stepmother";
    - mistrust, suspect
Noun: distrust  dis'trúst
  1. Doubt about someone's honesty
    - misgiving, mistrust, suspicion
     
  2. The trait of not trusting others
    - distrustfulness, mistrust

Derived forms: distrusted, distrusting, distrusts

Type of: disbelieve, discredit, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, trait, uncertainty

Antonym: trust, trustfulness

Encyclopedia: Distrust