English words for 'To fail to trust; to distrust.'
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noun
verb
- regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
- (transitive) To suspect, to imagine or suppose (something) to be the case.
- (transitive) To have no confidence in (something or someone).
- (intransitive) To be suspicious.
- (transitive) To be wary, suspicious or doubtful of (something or someone).
verb
- regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
- imagine to be the case or true or probable
- hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
- (transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.
- (transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
- (transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
- (intransitive) To have suspicion.
adj
noun
noun
- a cynical feeling of distrust
- (uncountable) A distrustful attitude.
- (countable) A scornfully pessimistic comment or act.
- (uncountable, philosophy) A school of thought in the philosophy of Ancient Greece.
- (uncountable) An emotion of jaded negativity, or a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of other people. Cynicism can manifest itself by frustration, disillusionment and distrust in regard to organizations, authorities and other aspects of society, often due to previous bad experience. Cynics often view others as motivated solely by disguised self-interest.
verb
noun
- the state of being held in low esteem
- (countable or uncountable) Discrediting or disbelieving.
- (countable) A person or thing that causes harm to a reputation, as of a person, family, or institution.
- (uncountable) A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach.
- (uncountable) The state of being discredited or disbelieved.
adj
- not to be trusted
- causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
- Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
- (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
- Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
noun
- betrayal of a trust
- an act of deliberate betrayal
- A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
- A state or act of deceit.
- (international law, in warfare) An illegitimate act of deception, such as using symbols like the Red Cross or white flag in a false claim of surrender to gain proximity to an enemy for purposes of attack.
adj
adj
verb
adj
- not trustworthy
- having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend
- not true to duty or obligation or promises
- having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
- Negligent or imperfect.
- (translation studies) Not faithfully rendering the meaning of the source language; incorrect.
- Not keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful.
- Not having religious faith.
- Adulterous.
- Not honest or upright.
noun
- (by extension) One who betrays any confidence or trust.
- Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to their defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished.
- Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering their country.
- a person who says one thing and does another
- someone who betrays their country by committing treason
adj
verb
verb
- have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
- give someone credit for something
- enter as credit
- ascribe an achievement to
- (transitive) To acknowledge the contribution of.
- (transitive) To believe; to put credence in.
- (transitive) To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
- (transitive, accounting) To add to an account.
noun
- used in the phrase ‘to your credit’ in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
- an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
- an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
- approval
- money available for a client to borrow
- arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
- recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
- an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- A nominal unit of value assigned outside of a currency system.
- The time given for payment for something sold on trust.
- A source of value, distinction or honour.
- (countable) A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.
- (uncountable) Recognition, respect and admiration.
- (television/film, usually in the plural) Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.
- (accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.
- (uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).
- Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
- (tax accounting) A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.
- (science fiction) A unit of currency used in a fictional universe or timeframe.
- (countable) Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.
- (uncountable) Recognition for having taken a course (class).
- (uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.
noun
verb
- regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
- (transitive) To suspect, to imagine or suppose (something) to be the case.
- (transitive) To have no confidence in (something or someone).
- (intransitive) To be suspicious.
- (transitive) To be wary, suspicious or doubtful of (something or someone).
noun
- a cynical feeling of distrust
- (uncountable) A distrustful attitude.
- (countable) A scornfully pessimistic comment or act.
- (uncountable, philosophy) A school of thought in the philosophy of Ancient Greece.
- (uncountable) An emotion of jaded negativity, or a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of other people. Cynicism can manifest itself by frustration, disillusionment and distrust in regard to organizations, authorities and other aspects of society, often due to previous bad experience. Cynics often view others as motivated solely by disguised self-interest.
noun
- betrayal of a trust
- an act of deliberate betrayal
- A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
- A state or act of deceit.
- (international law, in warfare) An illegitimate act of deception, such as using symbols like the Red Cross or white flag in a false claim of surrender to gain proximity to an enemy for purposes of attack.
noun
- (by extension) One who betrays any confidence or trust.
- Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to their defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished.
- Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering their country.
- a person who says one thing and does another
- someone who betrays their country by committing treason
adj
verb
noun
verb
- regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
- (transitive) To suspect, to imagine or suppose (something) to be the case.
- (transitive) To have no confidence in (something or someone).
- (intransitive) To be suspicious.
- (transitive) To be wary, suspicious or doubtful of (something or someone).
verb
- regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
- imagine to be the case or true or probable
- hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
- (transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.
- (transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
- (transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
- (intransitive) To have suspicion.
adj
noun
verb
noun
- the state of being held in low esteem
- (countable or uncountable) Discrediting or disbelieving.
- (countable) A person or thing that causes harm to a reputation, as of a person, family, or institution.
- (uncountable) A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach.
- (uncountable) The state of being discredited or disbelieved.
verb
- have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
- give someone credit for something
- enter as credit
- ascribe an achievement to
- (transitive) To acknowledge the contribution of.
- (transitive) To believe; to put credence in.
- (transitive) To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
- (transitive, accounting) To add to an account.
noun
- used in the phrase ‘to your credit’ in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
- an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
- an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
- approval
- money available for a client to borrow
- arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
- recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
- an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- A nominal unit of value assigned outside of a currency system.
- The time given for payment for something sold on trust.
- A source of value, distinction or honour.
- (countable) A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.
- (uncountable) Recognition, respect and admiration.
- (television/film, usually in the plural) Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.
- (accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.
- (uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).
- Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
- (tax accounting) A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.
- (science fiction) A unit of currency used in a fictional universe or timeframe.
- (countable) Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.
- (uncountable) Recognition for having taken a course (class).
- (uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.
adj
- not to be trusted
- causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
- Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
- (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
- Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
adj
adj
verb
adj
- not trustworthy
- having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend
- not true to duty or obligation or promises
- having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
- Negligent or imperfect.
- (translation studies) Not faithfully rendering the meaning of the source language; incorrect.
- Not keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful.
- Not having religious faith.
- Adulterous.
- Not honest or upright.