distrusts
Doubts their sincerity
Distrusts is the third-person singular of distrust, meaning to regard with suspicion or doubt someone's honesty, reliability, or motives: She distrusts anyone who flatters her too much.
As a noun, distrusts are instances of such suspicion: His distrusts proved well-founded when the scheme collapsed.
Lack of firm belief
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- incredulityInability to accept something
cynicism · misgivings · uncertainty · dubiousness · skeptical · dubious · unconvinced · doubtful
Careful attention to risk
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
circumspection · watchfulness · guardedness · reserve · trepidation · unease · concern · careful
Claim someone did wrong
- allegationAssertion lacking proof
- insinuationIndirect, usually negative suggestion
- innuendoOblique disparaging remark
- rumorUnconfirmed circulating story
speculation · conjecture · scrutiny · investigation · probing · questioning · theories · gossip
Intentional misleading of others
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
- backstabbingCovert betrayal of trust
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
dishonesty · unfaithfulness · lying · manipulation · two-faced · false · unreliable · untrustworthy
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
incredulity · cynicism · misgivings · uncertainty · dubiousness · skeptical · dubious · unconvinced · doubtful · leery
caution
Careful attention to risk
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
apprehension · circumspection · watchfulness · guardedness · reserve · trepidation · unease · concern · careful · cagey
accusation
Claim someone did wrong
- allegationAssertion lacking proof
- insinuationIndirect, usually negative suggestion
- innuendoOblique disparaging remark
rumor · speculation · conjecture · scrutiny · investigation · probing · questioning · theories · gossip · side-eye
deception
Intentional misleading of others
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
- backstabbingCovert betrayal of trust
duplicity · dishonesty · unfaithfulness · lying · manipulation · two-faced · false · unreliable · untrustworthy · deceitful
distruststrusts
Believes in reliability
believes in · confides in · counts on · banks on · takes at face value
- mutual distrustShared lack of faith
- media distrustSuspicion toward news outlets
- government distrustSuspicion of public authority
distrust, distrustful, distrusting, distrusted, distrustfully, distruster, distrustfulness, distrusters