distrust

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: dis‧trust

Noun

distrust (usually uncountable, plural distrusts)

1. Lack of trust or confidence.

Synonyms

• mistrust
• untrust
• wantrust (obsolete)

Derived terms

• distrustful

Translations

lack of trust or confidence

• Bulgarian: недоверие (bg) n (nedoverie), съмнение (bg) n (sǎmnenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 疑惑 (zh) (yíhuò), 不信 (zh) (bùxìn)

• Czech: nedůvěra (cs) f
• French: défiance (fr) f, méfiance (fr) f
• Galician: desconfianza f, receo m
• Georgian: უნდობლობა (undobloba)
• German: Misstrauen (de) n, Argwohn (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀπιστία f (apistía)

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• Hungarian: bizalmatlanság (hu)
• Italian: diffidenza (it) f
• Japanese: 疑惑 (ja) (ぎわく, giwaku), 不信 (ja) (ふしん, fushin)
• Korean: 의혹 (ko) (uihok) (疑惑 (ko)), 불신 (bulsin) (不信 (ko))
• Middle English: wantrust
• Portuguese: desconfiança f
• Romanian: neîncredere (ro) f, difidență f
• Russian: недове́рие (ru) n (nedovérije), сомне́ние (ru) n (somnénije)
• Spanish: desconfianza (es) f, recelo (es) m
• Swedish: misstro (sv) c

Verb

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.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Game of Thrones

     Lord Baelish, perhaps I was wrong to distrust you. — Distrusting me was the wisest thing you've done since you climbed off your horse.

Synonyms

• mistrust

Derived terms

• distruster

Translations

to put no trust in

• Bulgarian: съмнявам се (sǎmnjavam se)
• Czech: nedůvěřovat
• French: se méfier (fr)
• Galician: desconfiar, recear (gl), sospeitar (gl)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀπιστέω (apistéō)

• Italian: diffido (it)
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• Portuguese: desconfiar de
• Romanian: suspecta (ro), mefia
• Spanish: desconfiar (es)
• Swedish: misstro (sv)