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distrusting

[dis-truhst] Origin

dis·trust

[dis-truhst]
verb (used with object)
1.
to regard with doubt or suspicion; have no trust in.
noun
2.
lack of trust; doubt; suspicion.

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Distrusting is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Origin:
1505–15; dis-1 + trust

dis·trust·er, noun
pre·dis·trust, noun, verb (used with object)


2. See suspicion.

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distrust
1510s, from dis- + trust (v.).
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