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Synonyms & Antonyms of distrust
(Entry 1 of 2)
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
Synonyms for distrust
- distrustfulness,
- doubt,
- dubiety,
- dubitation
- [archaic],
- incertitude,
- misdoubt,
- misgiving,
- mistrust,
- mistrustfulness,
- query,
- reservation,
- skepticism,
- suspicion,
- uncertainty
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distrust
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of distrust (Entry 2 of 2)
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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The first known use of distrust was in 1513
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