DISTRUST


Meaning of DISTRUST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪstrʌst ]

( distrusts, distrusting, distrusted)

1.

If you distrust someone or something, you think they are not honest, reliable, or safe.

I don’t have any particular reason to distrust them.

= mistrust

≠ trust

VERB : V n

2.

Distrust is the feeling of doubt that you have towards someone or something you distrust.

What he saw there left him with a profound distrust of all political authority.

= mistrust

N-UNCOUNT : also a N , oft N of n

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