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distrust Verb

— If you distrust someone, you believe they are not honest or trustworthy.

distrust

— verb regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in — noun (= misgiving) doubt about someone's honesty — noun the trait of not trusting others

Synonyms distrust synonyms

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mistrust doubt suspect suspicion discredit disbelieve uncertainty question misgiving be suspicious of skepticism misgivings distrustfulness suspicious scepticism lack of confidence unjust suspicion unfaithfulness unconvincing suspiciousness suspicions qualm puzzle over mistrustfulness be uncertain be suspicious watch out wariness vexation suspense suspected strangeness speculate skepticalness shame questionable perfidy peradventure mental reservation malice lose face leeriness interrogative insult insincerity infidelity incredulousness incredulity incomplete understanding ill will

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Simple sentences

Racism has its roots in the distrust and scorn for people who differ in their appearance and their culture.
Why do you distrust me?

Movie subtitles

I distrust a close-mouthed man.
Doubt, distrust.
If you distrust me, don't call on me.
I don't distrust you.
I mean not that I distrust you, but he's mine.
I accuse the government of costing us the hatred, suspicion and distrust. of the people living on our land. by the deliberate delay of the recognition of our claim.
You distrust me?
You seem to distrust me.
I find it rather sad that after 48 years of marriage distrust should creep into our relationship.
His distrust won't let him believe a thing.
The blood of hatred will continue to ooze from the wounds, forming a breeding ground for distrust that can't be wiped out.
Mr. Barnard, I am aware, painfully aware of your distrust regarding Elizabeth's death.
You distrust Carmichael?
We are sometimes in mortal need of superior intelligences. At other times we have a no less mortal distrust of them.
You're sad, pessimistic and dominated by distrust!
From now on I'll distrust everybody but you, Jerry.
Because it is an unfortunate weakness of human nature to distrust a man of my profession.
Please don't misunderstand me. I don't distrust you.
It's not out of distrust, but to relieve you of a worry.
It's sad that after 48 years of marriage distrust should creep into our relationship.
Such a pity. Our love for each other is founded on mutual distrust.
The blood of hate will continue to seep from the wounds. A breeding ground of distrust.
Bury this undying distrust of yours.
You distrust journalists?
You're asking me to distrust one of the men in my command.
Drawing a clear boundary, and mutual distrust.
I dislike and distrust men who are always offering to resell their honor.
I not only dislike you I distrust you.
As a man you distrust me.
No wonder the boys distrust me if that's the kind of thing you're saying.
Well, it's not that we distrust you, Mrs. Peters, but.
I had to distrust myself, better to choose.
I spent a year in prison. In prison, you learn to distrust everyone.
Should it not be we who distrust your motives?
Lesson number one: never distrust a computer.
Father, didn't you urge me to distrust anything that might distract my thoughts from religion?
But no, you've brought a militiaman, diverting him from his direct duties and instilling in our agricultural workers a distrust of the uniform.

News and current affairs

US-Pakistan relations have regressed to their level before September 11, 2001, with mutual distrust minimizing cooperation.
Were the US Senate to fail to ratify New START, the treaty's proponents argue that the US would lose predictability about Russia's nuclear activities, resulting in greater distrust and risk of miscalculation, making both sides less secure.
As a result, banks distrust one another and have mostly stopped lending to each other, which jeopardizes economic activity by severely reducing the availability of credit to businesses.
Do not make the people distrust you, my motherland!
One answer must be that voters distrust political parties.
Tolerance, European unity, distrust of nationalism, and vigilance against racism are laudable goals.
When the Dutch, the French, and the Irish voted against the European constitution, they were expressing distrust of their political elites.
Distrust of highly paid people who work behind computer screens doing something that doesn't look like productive work is everywhere.
He also harbors a deep distrust of financial markets and often advocates more regulation, and sees the strong euro as a threat to French industry and the result of speculation, which has already provoked serious clashes with the European Central Bank.
In other places - for example, Guatemala and parts of the Andean region - social divisions remain fraught with violence and distrust.
The reason for Wilders' surging popularity, apart from widespread distrust of Muslims, is that he has successfully cultivated an image as a fighter for free speech.
The few rich Haitians distrust Aristide.
Unable to overcome popular distrust, owing to its longstanding symbiosis with the bureaucrats and subservience to the US, the LDP has been incapable of holding the DPJ accountable in the legislature.
Indeed, US-Pakistan relations have regressed to their level before September 11, 2001, a time marked by deep mutual distrust.
Is that just because low-income people feel that life is unfair and therefore distrust those around them?
The first is that, beyond the many layers of depression and distrust in France, there is potential for a new and collective departure.
Instead, Israel - either because of its distrust of its enemies and of their commitment to respect any future peace agreement, or because of a desire to annex some of the territories - began to pursue a policy of settlements.
Ongoing disputes between Russia and the European Union reflect this mutual distrust.
The effect is to increase their distrust of those who preach about human rights, making it much more difficult than ever before for the US to rally support for human rights in much of the world.
It is a general rule of political science that a faltering economy causes greater distrust in institutions.
He also earned the distrust of the United States, Japan's most important ally, by advocating the relocation outside Japan of a US air base on Okinawa.
A leftover Soviet distrust of outsiders colors many opinions, and there's an oft-repeated claim that the culture is different: an intervention that works in the West might fail in the East.
Funding the next intra-eurozone rescue will be rather cumbersome and costly, because financial markets distrust complicated structures like the one set up to finance the EFSF.
At home, too, massive distrust will further complicate an inherently difficult task.
Of course, it could be that the United Kingdom's veto of the summit's proposed changes to the EU's Lisbon Treaty drowned out all else, while further increasing distrust on the part of the public and financial markets of a divided Europe.

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