Distrust of people, not to mention hate, is the root of human suffering.
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Distrust
//dɪsˈtɹʌst//
Synonyms for "distrust" (74 found)
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9 entriesAntonyms
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5 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀπιστία noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- ἀπιστέω verb (to put no trust in)
Bulgarian
3 entries- недоверие noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- съмнение noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- съмнявам се verb (to put no trust in)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不信 noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- 疑惑 noun (lack of trust or confidence)
Czech
2 entries- nedůvěra noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- nedůvěřovat verb (to put no trust in)
Dutch
2 entries- wantrouwen noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- wantrouwen verb (to put no trust in)
Esperanto
2 entries- malfido noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- malfidi verb (to put no trust in)
French
3 entries- défiance noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- méfiance noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- se méfier verb (to put no trust in)
Galician
4 entries- desconfianza noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- receo noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- desconfiar verb (to put no trust in)
- recear verb (to put no trust in)
Georgian
1 entries- უნდობლობა noun (lack of trust or confidence)
German
2 entries- Argwohn noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- Misstrauen noun (lack of trust or confidence)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to put no trust in)
Hungarian
1 entries- bizalmatlanság noun (lack of trust or confidence)
Indonesian
1 entries- ketidakpercayaan noun (lack of trust or confidence)
Italian
3 entries- diffidenza noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- sfiducia noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- diffido verb (to put no trust in)
Japanese
2 entries- 不信 noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- 疑惑 noun (lack of trust or confidence)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- deskonfiá verb (to put no trust in)
- diskunfia verb (to put no trust in)
Korean
2 entries- 불신 noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- 의혹 noun (lack of trust or confidence)
Middle English
1 entries- wantrust noun (lack of trust or confidence)
Māori
2 entries- hoto verb (to put no trust in)
- matakana verb (to put no trust in)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- mistillit noun (lack of trust or confidence)
Polish
1 entries- niedowierzanie noun (lack of trust or confidence)
Portuguese
2 entries- desconfiança noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- desconfiar de verb (to put no trust in)
Romanian
4 entries- difidență noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- neîncredere noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- mefia verb (to put no trust in)
- suspecta verb (to put no trust in)
Russian
2 entries- недове́рие noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- сомне́ние noun (lack of trust or confidence)
Spanish
4 entries- defianza noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- desconfianza noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- difidencia noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- recelo noun (lack of trust or confidence)
Swedish
2 entries- misstro noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- misstro verb (to put no trust in)
Tagalog
1 entries- kawalang-tiwala noun (lack of trust or confidence)
Ukrainian
2 entries- недові́р'я noun (lack of trust or confidence)
- недові́ра noun (lack of trust or confidence)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Distrust of the Social Insurance Agency and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare just keeps getting stronger.
Source: tatoeba (327671)
Racism has its roots in the distrust and scorn for people who differ in their appearance and their culture.
Source: tatoeba (3416155)
Why do you distrust me?
Source: tatoeba (3737836)
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