Distrust
Distrust noun - A feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something.
Usage example: the psychic's bold claims were greeted with distrust and outright scorn
Trust is an antonym for distrust in topics: suspect, suspicion, confidence, skeptical of, lack of faith in something.
Trust
Trust noun - Firm belief in the integrity, ability, effectiveness, or genuineness of someone or something.
Usage example: a relationship of mutual trust between lawyer and client
Distrust is an antonym for trust in topics: responsibility, believe, trustworthy, large company, give to for safekeeping.
How words are described
| human | human distrust | human trust |
| public | public distrust | public trust |
| complete | complete distrust | complete trust |
| instant | instant distrust | instant trust |
| Other adjectives: total, deep, open, severe, increased, extreme, great, huge, little, inherent, general, mutual, further, growing, utmost, perceived. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- She encourages The Exile to distrust people, even herself, you even gain influence with her (that oddly works as "trust" for everyone else) if you say you don't trust her.
Source: Self-Proclaimed Liar -
Of course, Annie's odd choices in who to trust and who to distrust were a well-established character trait by that point.
Source: Angst? What Angst? - They were right to distrust him at first, but he instantly gained their trust by casually handing Mjolnir to Thor.
Source: The Paragon
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