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distrust

noun [U]
 
 
/dɪˈstrʌst/

Definition

the feeling of not trusting someone or something: The two groups have existed in a state of mutual distrust for centuries. She has a (deep) distrust of journalists.Trusting and not trusting distrustful
 
 
/-fəl/ adjective
Trusting and not trusting
(Definition of distrust noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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