as in doubt
a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something
the psychic's bold claims were greeted with distrust and outright scorn
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as in to doubt
to have no trust or confidence in
we instinctively distrust those phone calls that tell us we have won a free vacation or car
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Recent Examples of distrust
Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Agency staff who spoke to The Hill said morale is at rock bottom, and the latest round of layoffs hit especially hard following the revelations that the attacker was motivated by his distrust of COVID-19 vaccines.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 22 Aug. 2025
Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 10 Aug. 2025
Studies have shown that many Americans distrust the pharmaceutical industry, and the wellness industry is only growing.
—Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Yet that doctor remains unavailable for questions, fueling the distrust felt by the 45 percent of Americans who already see a lack of transparency.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Agency staff who spoke to The Hill said morale is at rock bottom, and the latest round of layoffs hit especially hard following the revelations that the attacker was motivated by his distrust of COVID-19 vaccines.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
Because conservatives inherently distrust the media and see anyone with a journalist’s integrity as the enemy.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 10 Aug. 2025
Studies have shown that many Americans distrust the pharmaceutical industry, and the wellness industry is only growing.
—Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distrust
Noun
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There is no doubt, for example, that Moyes needed another midfielder.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The beautiful ambivalence and mystery of Virgil’s own poetic art has both an aesthetic and a quasi-political function, in teaching the reader to remain in a cognitive place of doubt.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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The pollster's latest survey on Supreme Court approval yielded similar skepticism from Americans, with only 39 percent approving of the High Court.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The news was met with equal parts excitement and skepticism from the band’s fan base.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The sting resulted in the arrest of two men over suspicion of copyright infringement in El Sheikh Zayed City near the Greater Cairo metro area.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
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Any one visiting Russia in the past will know when the subject of China comes up, there are perpetual suspicions toward its territorial intentions in the far east of the country.—
Kerry Brown,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Amid the regulatory uncertainty, some pharmacies have said that access to the shots may vary state-by-state and may require a prescription.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
5 Sep. 2025
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This is one of the key points causing uncertainty about access.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
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That nascent friendship was, however, shattered by the 1962 Sino-Indian War, a brief but brutal conflict that established a legacy of deep mistrust and an unresolved border dispute that remains the relationship’s festering wound.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
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Build Structured Systems Build systems that assume trust in people but are designed for mistrust in processes.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Distrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distrust. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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