distrust
verbEtymology From dis- + trust, alteration of the earlier term wantrust.
1
To put no trust in; to have no confidence in.
- Moreover, genuinely conservative governments were inclined to distrust all intellectuals and ideologists, even reactionary ones, for, once the principle of thinking rather than obeying was accepted, the end was in sight.1962, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution. 1789-1848, page 230:
- Lord Baelish, perhaps I was wrong to distrust you. Petyr Baelish (Aidan Gillen): Distrusting me was the wisest thing you've done since you climbed off your horse.2011 May 8, Bryan Cogman, “Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things”, in Game of Thrones, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Eddard Stark (Sean Bean):
- Synonyms
- mistrust
- Derived terms
- distruster