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| 1. | [ verb ] regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | |
| Synonyms: | suspect mistrust | |
| Related terms: | trust disbelieve doubt misgiving suspect | |
| 2. | [ noun ] doubt about someone's honesty | |
| Synonyms: | suspicion mistrust misgiving | |
| Related terms: | doubt | |
| 3. | [ verb ] consider unlikely or have doubts about | |
| Synonyms: | doubt suspect | |
| Examples: | "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage" |
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| Related terms: | question disbelieve suspect doubt | |
| 4. | [ noun ] the trait of not trusting others | |
| Synonyms: | mistrust distrustfulness | |
| Related terms: | trust trait suspicion | |
| Similar spelling: |
diestrus distrustful diestrous distort distribute dioestrous distributor distributer distributed distract distrait distress diestrum district distraint diestrual distorted distressed distracted distortion dioestrual disturb destruct distraction distraught distressful distressing distortable distrain |
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