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.
☞ Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust. T. L. K. Oliphant.