English Explanatory Dictionary

untrust

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Lack or absence of trust; mistrust.
  2. The zone representing everything that originates outside of the firewall.
adj
  1. Faithless; distrustful.
verb
  1. To fail to trust; to distrust.
  2. To mark or flag (something) as untrustworthy.

Word forms

untrust untrusts more untrust most untrust untrusting untrusted

Etymology

From Middle English untrust, untrost, untrist, likely from un- + trust. Cognate with Icelandic útraust (“untrust”). Compare also Swedish otro (“lack of faith, disbelief”).

Synonyms

distrust mistrust wantrust

Antonyms

trust
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