DISTRUSTING Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

distrusting

verb

present participle of distrust

as in doubting

to have no trust or confidence in we instinctively distrust those phone calls that tell us we have won a free vacation or car

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Recent Examples of distrusting Almost every one hinges on high-profile cameos, which is fun at first but increasingly feels like the show distrusting its own protagonist to shoulder leading man duties. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026 This is not about trusting or distrusting this new tool. — Terdawn Deboe, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 However, his streak is threatened by a feisty new wife (Tamar Braxton) and distrusting stepdaughter (Kalani Jules). — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 19 June 2026 Surely, the paradox of people distrusting AI and yet relying on it can only last so long. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 23 Apr. 2026 There’s the angry, distrusting career staff. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026 But regardless of what actually happened, at this point distrusting tech companies isn’t exactly irrational. — Casey Fiesler, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2026 But when newspapers shifted from reinforcing social order to documenting disorder in readers’ own communities, audiences responded by distrusting the institution that shattered their comforting myths. — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 The Ngäbe and Buglé peoples in Panama have a reputation for resisting and distrusting outsiders. — Adam Williams, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2025

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One writer signed up to work with a confidence coach for the first time, and ended up doubting that her self-doubt was all that bad.

— Eric Levitz, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026
Moya went from doubting her ability to handle full-time work to thriving on it.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026

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