Dis*trust" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distrusting.] [Cf. Mistrust.] 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.
Not distrusting my health.
2 Mac. ix. 22.
To distrust the justice of your cause.
Dryden.
He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other.
Udall.
Of all afraid,
Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid.
Collins.
⇒ Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust.
T. L. K. Oliphant.
© Webster 1913.
Dis*trust", n. 1. Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.
2. Suspicion of evil designs.
Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of false principles.
D. Webster.
3. State of being suspected; loss of trust.
Milton.
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