distrust
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //dɪsˈtɹʌst//
- //dɪsˈtɹʊst//
Lack of trust or confidence.
noun
- 1
Lack of trust or confidence.
Etymology
From dis- + trust, alteration of the earlier term wantrust.
verb
- 1
To put no trust in; to have no confidence in.
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.
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.
Forms
- plural
- distrusts
- past tense
- distrusted
- past participle
- distrusted
- present participle
- distrusting
- third person singular
- distrusts