distrust
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪsˈtɹʌst/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /dɪsˈtɹʊst/
- Rhymes: -ʌst
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: dis‧trust
Derived terms
Translations
lack of trust or confidence
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Verb
distrust (third-person singular simple present distrusts, present participle distrusting, simple past and past participle distrusted)
- To put no trust in; to have no confidence in.
- 2011 May 8, Bryan Cogman, “Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things”, in Game of Thrones, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Eddard Stark (Sean Bean):
- Lord Baelish, perhaps I was wrong to distrust you.
Petyr Baelish (Aidan Gillen): Distrusting me was the wisest thing you've done since you climbed off your horse.
Conjugation
Conjugation of distrust
| infinitive | (to) distrust | ||
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| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | distrust | distrusted | |
| 2nd-person singular | distrust, distrustest† | distrusted, distrustedst† | |
| 3rd-person singular | distrusts, distrusteth† | distrusted | |
| plural | distrust | ||
| subjunctive | distrust | distrusted | |
| imperative | distrust | — | |
| participles | distrusting | distrusted | |
†Archaic or obsolete.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to put no trust in
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