The Collaborative International Dictionary
distrust \dis*trust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distrusting.] [Cf. Mistrust.] To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistrust.
Not distrusting my health.
--2 Mac. ix.
22.
To distrust the justice of your cause.
--Dryden.
He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other.
--Udall.
Of all afraid,
Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid.
--Collins.
Note: Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust.
--T. L. K. Oliphant.
Distrusting \Dis*trust"ing\, a. That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in. -- Dis*trust"ing*ly, adv.
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vb. (present participle of distrust English)
Usage examples of "distrusting".
And right this minute, especially in light of what's happened on Kornati, we can't afford to give them any more justification for distrusting us.
Nor do I expect you to forget all the reasons you have for disliking me personally, or for distrusting and detesting Rembrandt and the Trade Union.
He, distrusting his own safety and that of all, goes forth from his tent unarmed.
Upon notice of his approach, Thermus, distrusting the affections of the townsmen, drew his cohorts out of it and made his escape.
The Pompeians distrusting the position, as there was no water on the mountain, abandoned it, and all began to retreat toward Larissa.
Curio's horse likewise, distrusting Scipio and his troops, followed the same counsel.
Cato, some time before, distrusting the inhabitants of that city, on account of the privileges granted them by the Julian law, had disarmed and expelled the populace, obliging them to dwell without the Warlike gate, in a small camp surrounded by a slight intrenchment, around which he had planted guards, while at the same time he put the senators under arrest.
Why it was broken off, and why it was renewed after a lapse of years, is part of quite a long love-story, which I do not think myself qualified to rehearse, distrusting my fitness for a sustained or involved narration.
I call it a very poetical idea," she said with a sort of provisionality, as if distrusting another ambush.
The eye of the hunter, or scout, whichever he might be, was small, quick, keen, and restless, roving while he spoke, on every side of him, as if in quest of game, or distrusting the sudden approach of some lurking enemy.
Chafed by the silent imputation, and inwardly troubled by so unaccountable a circumstance, the chief advanced to the side of the bed, and, stooping, cast an incredulous look at the features, as if distrusting their reality.
But distrusting his own senses, unwilling to submit himself to such torturing, uncertain happiness, averse to the terrible confusion of spirit that followed upon a night spent in the garden, Vanamee had tried to keep away from the place.
He began to consult his lieutenants, asking their advice, distrusting his own opinions.
Nor is it so very unlikely, that far from distrusting his fitness for another whaling voyage, on account of such dark symptoms, the calculating people of that prudent isle were inclined to harbor the conceit, that for those very reasons he was all the better qualified and set on edge, for a pursuit so full of rage and wildness as the bloody hunt of whales.
He therefore held his peace on that head, but otherwise was quite frank and confidential with him, so that the two quickly concocted a little plan for both circumventing and satirizing the Captain, without his at all dreaming of distrusting their sincerity.