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Spell Bee Word: distrust


Basic Details

Word: Distrust

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To feel that someone or something cannot be trusted; as a noun, a feeling of doubt about whether someone is honest.

Synonyms: doubt, suspect, mistrust

Antonyms: trust, believe

How to Spell Distrust

Syllables: dis - trust

Tricky part: Dis joins trust with a single s at the join. Students sometimes write disstrust, or distrast with the wrong vowel.

Watch out for: disstrust, distrast, distruss

Memory tip: The s of dis runs straight into the t of trust, so only one s is needed before the t: dis + trust.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The villagers distrusted the stranger who asked too many questions.

Example 2: My cat distrusts the vacuum cleaner and hides whenever it comes out.

Example 3: There was distrust between the two teams after the argument over the score.

Fun Fact

Trust comes from the Old Norse word traust, which meant help, confidence or firmness.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: distrust

a) suspect
b) admire
c) rely
d) believe

Show answer

a) suspect. To suspect someone is to doubt their honesty, which is what distrust means.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) dissatisfy
b) dissolve
c) disstrust
d) disappear

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c) disstrust. Dissatisfy and dissolve join dis to words starting with s, but trust starts with t, so distrust has one s.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tsrutdis

a) distrust
b) disgust
c) disrupt
d) instruct

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a) distrust. Disrupt needs a p and disgust a g, neither of which is here: distrust.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you distrust someone, you ____.

a) doubt that they are honest
b) think they are very kind
c) want them as a friend
d) admire their work

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a) doubt that they are honest

2. Which action is most likely to cause distrust?

a) keeping a secret safe
b) telling the truth
c) returning a lost wallet
d) breaking a promise

Show answer

d) breaking a promise

Associated Words

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