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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
distrust \dis*trust"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
distrust \dis*trust"\, noun
1. Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; lack 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
distrust
noun
1: doubt about someone's honesty [syn: {misgiving}, {mistrust}, {suspicion}]
2: the trait of not trusting others [syn: {distrustfulness}, {mistrust}] [ant: {trust}]
verb: regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in [syn: {mistrust}, {suspect}] [ant: {trust}, {trust}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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