distrust

English

Etymology

From 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
• distrustless
• memory distrust syndrome
• self-distrust

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 Dutch: wantrouwen (nl) n Esperanto: malfido 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) Hungarian: bizalmatlanság (hu) Indonesian: ketidakpercayaan Italian: diffidenza (it) f, sfiducia (it) Japanese: 疑惑 (ja) (ぎわく, giwaku), 不信 (ja) (ふしん, fushin) Korean: 의혹(疑惑) (ko) (uihok), 불신(不信) (bulsin) Middle English: wantrust Norwegian: Bokmål: mistillit (no) m Polish: niedowierzanie (pl) n 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, difidencia (es) f, defianza (es) f (rare) Swedish: misstro (sv) c Tagalog: kawalang-tiwala Ukrainian: недові́ра f (nedovíra), недові́р'я n (nedovírʺja)

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.
   • 2011 May 8, Bryan Cogman, “Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things”, in Game of Thrones, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Eddard Stark (Sean Bean):

     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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of distrust

infinitive	(to) distrust
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	distrust	distrusted
2nd-person singular	distrust, distrustest†	distrusted, distrustedst†
3rd-person singular	distrusts, distrusteth†	distrusted
plural	distrust
subjunctive	distrust	distrusted
imperative	distrust	—
participles	distrusting	distrusted

^† Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

• mistrust

Derived terms

• distruster

Translations

to put no trust in

Bulgarian: съмнявам се (sǎmnjavam se) Czech: nedůvěřovat Dutch: wantrouwen (nl) Esperanto: malfidi French: se méfier (fr) Galician: desconfiar, recear (gl), sospeitar (gl) Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ungalaubjan) Greek: Ancient: ἀπιστέω (apistéō) Italian: diffido (it) Kabuverdianu: diskunfia, deskonfiá Maori: matakana, hoto Portuguese: desconfiar de Romanian: suspecta (ro), mefia Spanish: desconfiar (es) Swedish: misstro (sv)