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
If you are distrustful of someone or something, you think that they are not honest, reliable, or safe. Voters are deeply distrustful of all politicians
having or showing distrust; "a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B N Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson