2distrust noun
: lack of trust or confidence : a feeling that someone or something is not honest and cannot be trusted [noncount] ▪ He regards doctors with distrust. [=mistrust] [singular] ▪ He has a distrust of doctors.
— dis·trust·ful 
/dɪsˈtrʌstfəl/ adjective [more distrustful; most distrustful]
▪ He is generally distrustful [=mistrustful] of doctors.
/dɪsˈtrʌstfəl/ adjective [more distrustful; most distrustful] ▪ He is generally distrustful [=mistrustful] of doctors.
— dis·trust·ful·ly adverb
▪ He looked distrustfully at them.
▪ He looked distrustfully at them.
