distrust

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /dɪsˈtrʌst/ UK /dɪsˈtrʌst/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
lack of trust or confidence in someone or something

Years of broken promises bred deep distrust between them.

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Synonyms

1 noun · lack of trust or confidence... mistrust suspicion doubt wariness skepticism misgiving

Opposites

trust confidence faith reliance assurance

Word family

Derived forms distrustful distrustfullydistruster

Related forms trust mistrust trustful

Etymology

Formed in English from dis- ('lack of, opposite') + trust, a Germanic word, from Old Norse traust ('confidence, help') or Old English trēowe ('faithful'), from Proto-Germanic *traustam.

dis- Latin *traustam Proto-Germanic

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# distrust

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪsˈtrʌst/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪsˈtrʌst/

## Meanings
1. lack of trust or confidence in someone or something

## Examples
- Years of broken promises bred deep distrust between them.

## Synonyms
- mistrust
- suspicion
- doubt
- wariness
- skepticism
- misgiving

## Antonyms
- trust
- confidence
- faith
- reliance
- assurance

## Derived Forms
- distrustful
- distrustfully
- distruster

## Related Forms
- trust
- mistrust
- trustful

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dis-
- Root: *traustam

## Etymology
Formed in English from dis- ('lack of, opposite') + trust, a Germanic word, from Old Norse traust ('confidence, help') or Old English trēowe ('faithful'), from Proto-Germanic *traustam.

## AI Etymology
Distrust is formed in English from dis- ('lack of, opposite') + trust, a Germanic word, from Old Norse traust ('confidence, help') or Old English trēowe ('faithful'), from Proto-Germanic *traustam. Important recorded forms include dis- (Latin) and *traustam (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers lack of trust or confidence in someone or something. The wider family includes derived forms such as distrustful, distrustfully, and distruster and related words such as trust, mistrust, and trustful.

## Topics
- People & Society

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