distrust Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun doubt about someone's honesty
    suspicion; mistrust; misgiving.
  2. noun the trait of not trusting others
    distrustfulness; mistrust.
  3. verb regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
    suspect; mistrust.

WordNet

Dis*trust" transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Mistrust.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Distrusted; present participle & verbal noun Distrusting
Definitions
  1. 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.
    Not distrusting my health. 2 Mac. ix. 22.
    To distrust the justice of your cause. Dryden.
    He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other. Udall.
    Of all afraid, Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid. Collins.
    ✍ Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust. T. L. K. Oliphant.
Dis*trust" noun
Definitions
  1. Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.
  2. Suspicion of evil designs.
    Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of false principles. D. Webster.
  3. State of being suspected; loss of trust. Milton.

Webster 1913