distrust

From dis- +‎ trust, alteration of the earlier term wantrust.

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtɹʌst/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtɹʊst/
• Rhymes: -ʌst

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• Hyphenation: dis‧trust

distrust (usually uncountable, plural distrusts)

1. Lack of trust or confidence.

• mistrust
• untrust
• wantrust (obsolete)

distrust (third-person singular simple present distrusts, present participle distrusting, simple past and past participle distrusted)

1. To put no trust in; to have no confidence in.
   • 1962, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution. 1789-1848, page 230:

     Moreover, genuinely conservative governments were inclined to distrust all intellectuals and ideologists, even reactionary ones, for, once the principle of thinking rather than obeying was accepted, the end was in sight.

   • 2011 May 8, Bryan Cogman, “Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things”, in Game of Thrones, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Eddard Stark (Sean Bean):

     Lord Baelish, perhaps I was wrong to distrust you.
     Petyr Baelish (Aidan Gillen): Distrusting me was the wisest thing you've done since you climbed off your horse.

• mistrust

• distruster