distrust

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪstɹʌst/, /ˈdɪstɹʊst/
Rhymes: -ʌst
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

distrust (usually uncountable, plural distrusts)

Lack of trust or confidence.

Synonyms

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 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)
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)

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)

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

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