untrust

Meanings

Noun

• Lack or absence of trust; mistrust; distrust.
• An external port.

Adjective

• Faithless; distrustful.

Related

Similar words

• distrust
• mistrust
• wantrust

Opposite words

• trust

Origin

• From Middle English untrust, untrost, untrist, probably a modified form of Old Norse útraust, equivalent to un- + trust. Cognate with Icelandic útraust. Compare also Swedish otro.
• From Middle English untrust, untriste, probably from Old Norse útraustr ("untrustworthy"). Cognate with Icelandic útraustur.