Synonyms of distrusted

distrusted

verb

past tense of distrust

as in doubted

to have no trust or confidence in

we instinctively distrust those phone calls that tell us we have won a free vacation or car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• doubted
• questioned
• mistrusted
• suspected
• misdoubted
• disbelieved
• discounted
• discredited
• negated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trusted
• relied (on or upon)
• counted (on or upon)
• depended (on or upon)
• banked (on or upon)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of distrusted

Both sides showed a mirror-image majority who distrusted the other. — Dahlia Scheindlin, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

These small transgressions added up to a sense of ourselves as special, exempt from the rules—but also disliked, distrusted, untrustworthy, apart. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

The men who wrote the Constitution distrusted parties, but also created and worked within them. — Andy Craig, Washington Post, 15 July 2026

That change feeds a French argument over air conditioning, still distrusted by many in much of Europe — dismissed as wasteful or unecological. — ABC News, 26 June 2026

Ivermectin became an ideological flashpoint during the COVID-19 pandemic, gaining popularity as a treatment for the disease among people who distrusted the vaccines and established medical treatment protocols. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026

Many Americans feared and distrusted the idea of a standing army into the first half of the nineteenth century. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 25 May 2026

Trump’s pick to chair the Federal Reserve isn’t distrusted so much as unknown. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 May 2026

Christine said the nation’s health institutions and policies were broken, and average Americans distrusted healthcare systems. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 16 May 2026