Distrust is the feeling of doubt that you have towards someone or something you distrust. What he saw there left him with a profound distrust of all political authority. = mistrust. a feeling that you cannot trust someone mistrust. to not trust someone or something trust
To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistrust
If you distrust someone or something, you think they are not honest, reliable, or safe. I don't have any particular reason to distrust them. = mistrust trust
Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc