Distrust
[dɪs'trʌst]
Definition
(noun.) the trait of not trusting others.
(verb.) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in.
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Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(n.) Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.
(n.) Suspicion of evil designs.
(n.) State of being suspected; loss of trust.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Disbelieve, discredit, doubt, suspect, mistrust, not rely upon, not confide in.
n. Disbelief, discredit, suspicion, misgiving, mistrust, want of confidence.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
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Definition
n. want of trust: want of faith or confidence: doubt.—v.t. to have no trust in: to disbelieve: to doubt.—adj. Distrust′ful full of distrust: apt to distrust: suspicious.—adv. Distrust′fully.—n. Distrust′fulness.—adj. Distrust′less.
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Examples
- He still sat silent, when Louisa mildly said: 'Rachael, you will not distrust me one day, when you know me better. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The official turned towards him with sudden distrust. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Governments have to be carried on by men, however much we distrust them. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The ignorant distrust of opium (in England) is by no means confined to the lower and less cultivated classes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I utterly distrust his morals, and it is my duty to hinder to the utmost the fulfilment of his designs. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- No doubt this automatic and balanced theory of government suited admirably that distrust of the people which seems to have been a dominant feeling among the Fathers. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Distrust it, sir; it is not a true angel. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It would seem as if we distrusted her--distrusted her, you know. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Many people would have distrusted you too much to have come even so far, but you see I am willing to humour you. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The American college student has the gravity and mental habits of a Supreme Court judge; his wild oats are rarely spiritual; the critical, analytical habit of mind is distrusted. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I thought it was utterly preposterous--I distrusted it as the result of some perversity in my own imagination. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The brother distrusted and disliked her, and his influence was all opposed to her; she stood in dread of him, and in dread of her husband too. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He distrusted her affection; and what loneliness is more lonely than distrust? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She distrusted him. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I _did_ think him kind; and as to distrusting him, or his adviceor his address, I should almost as soon have thought of distrusting the Bible. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A wife right in distrusting her husband! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is unjust and cruel to accuse me of distrusting you, said Laura. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Then, as if distrusting herself, waved her hand kindly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Sad misgivings about what the end would be weighed upon my mind, but still distrusting myself, I told her that I would do as she wished. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But the objective man, in Nietzsche's opinion, distrusts his own personality and regards it as some thing to be set aside as accidental, and a detriment to calm judgment. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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