distrustnoun [ U or S ]
uk/dɪˈstrʌst/us/dɪˈstrʌst/the feeling of not trusting someone or something:
The two groups have existed in a state of mutual distrust for centuries.
She has a (deep) distrust of the media.
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Trusting and not trusting
- (you can) depend on/upon it idiom
- accept/take sth on faith idiom
- bank
- bank on sb/sth
- believe
- believe in sb
- count
- faith
- have faith! idiom
- I wouldn't trust sb as far as I could throw them idiom
- keep faith with sth/sb idiom
- lean
- lean on sb/sth
- reliance
- rely on/upon sb/sth
- repose
- repose trust/confidence/hope in sb/sth idiom
- trust
- trustable
- turn
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distrustful
adjective uk/dɪˈstrʌst.fəl/us/dɪˈstrʌst.fəl/
distrustverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈstrʌst/us/dɪˈstrʌst/to not trust someone or something:
Many politicians are deeply distrusted by the electorate.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Trusting and not trusting
- (you can) depend on/upon it idiom
- accept/take sth on faith idiom
- bank
- bank on sb/sth
- believe
- believe in sb
- count
- faith
- have faith! idiom
- I wouldn't trust sb as far as I could throw them idiom
- keep faith with sth/sb idiom
- lean
- lean on sb/sth
- reliance
- rely on/upon sb/sth
- repose
- repose trust/confidence/hope in sb/sth idiom
- trust
- trustable
- turn
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