Meaning

1 senses
  1. To put no trust in; to have no confidence in.

    regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

Examples

42 sentences
  1. I've always distrusted Tom.

    ruЯ всегда сомневался в Томе.

    deIch habe Tom nie über den Weg getraut.

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  2. I've always distrusted you.

    ruЯ никогда тебе не доверял.

    deIch habe dir immer misstraut.

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  3. Why do you distrust me?

    deWarum misstraust du mir?

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  4. Tom distrusted Mary.

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  5. Tom distrusts Mary.

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Translations

4 languages

Origin

From dis- + trust, alteration of the earlier term wantrust.

From dis- + trust, alteration of the earlier term wantrust.

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Forms

distrusts, distrusting, distrusted, distrusted
Base formdistrust · to distrust
3rd person singulardistrusts
Present participledistrusting
Past simpledistrusted
Past participledistrusted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydistrust
he, she, itdistrusts

Past simpleLesson

all personsdistrusted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave distrusted
he, she, ithas distrusted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill distrust

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in:mistrustsuspect

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddistruster

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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