distrusted; distrusting; distrusts
: to have no trust or confidence in
Examples of distrust in a Sentence
Noun
He has a distrust of doctors.
the psychic's bold claims were greeted with distrust and outright scorn
Verb
She's always distrusted their promises.
we instinctively distrust those phone calls that tell us we have won a free vacation or car
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Lara Jakes, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
But years of distrust hang over the meeting, after Trump in 2018 pulled out of the original U.S.-Iran nuclear deal negotiated by former President Obama.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
Statistics on homelessness are fluid because the population is transient and tends to distrust outreach workers.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The two sides came in with deep distrust, given that Mr. Trump walked away from the 2015 accord that Iran had brokered with the United States and other world powers, and then imposed harsh sanctions on Tehran during his first term.
—Lara Jakes, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
But years of distrust hang over the meeting, after Trump in 2018 pulled out of the original U.S.-Iran nuclear deal negotiated by former President Obama.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
Concerns over China potentially using its economic and military power to threaten countries’ interests and sovereignty has been the main reason for distrusting China.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
Statistics on homelessness are fluid because the population is transient and tends to distrust outreach workers.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Distrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distrust. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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distrust
1 of 2 verb
dis·trust
(ˈ)dis-ˈtrəst 
: to have no trust or confidence in
distrust
2 of 2 noun
: a lack of trust or confidence
distrustful
adjective
-fəl
distrustfully
adverb
-fə-lē
distrustfulness
noun
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