distrusted; distrusting; distrusts
: to have no trust or confidence in
Examples of distrust in a Sentence
Noun
He has a distrust of doctors.
the psychic's bold claims were greeted with distrust and outright scorn
Verb
She's always distrusted their promises.
we instinctively distrust those phone calls that tell us we have won a free vacation or car
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
That's a very big challenge for anyone in an environment where there's so much distrust of media.
—Zulekha Nathoo, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 25 May 2026
But the populist wing of the left distrusts her commitment largely because of her association with the Democratic Party establishment.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
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Noun
The serious journalism Margaret aspires to do is splintering under our distrust of who controls the megaphones.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
That's a very big challenge for anyone in an environment where there's so much distrust of media.
—Zulekha Nathoo, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Verb
Many Americans feared and distrusted the idea of a standing army into the first half of the nineteenth century.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 25 May 2026
But the populist wing of the left distrusts her commitment largely because of her association with the Democratic Party establishment.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
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“Distrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distrust. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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distrust
1 of 2 verb
dis·trust
(ˈ)dis-ˈtrəst 
: to have no trust or confidence in
distrust
2 of 2 noun
: a lack of trust or confidence
distrustful
adjective
-fəl
distrustfully
adverb
-fə-lē
distrustfulness
noun
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