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distrust
English
Etymology
dis- +? trust, alteration of the earlier term wantrust.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s?t??st/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /d?s?t??st/
- Rhymes: -?st
- Hyphenation: dis?trust
Noun
distrust (usually uncountable, plural distrusts)
- Lack of trust or confidence.
Synonyms
- mistrust
- untrust
- wantrust (obsolete)
Derived terms
- distrustful
Translations
Verb
distrust (third-person singular simple present distrusts, present participle distrusting, simple past and past participle distrusted)
- To put no trust in; to have no confidence in.
Synonyms
- mistrust
Derived terms
- distruster
Translations
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apprehension
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin apprehensio, apprehensionis, compare with French appréhension. See apprehend.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /æp.???h?n.??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /æp.?i?h?n.??n/
Noun
apprehension (countable and uncountable, plural apprehensions)
- (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
- 2006, Phil Senter, "Comparison of Forelimb Function between Deinonychus and Babiraptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridea)", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 26, no. 4 (Dec.), p. 905:
- The wing would have been a severe obstruction to apprehension of an object on the ground.
- 2006, Phil Senter, "Comparison of Forelimb Function between Deinonychus and Babiraptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridea)", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 26, no. 4 (Dec.), p. 905:
- (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
- perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
- 1815, Percy Bysshe Shelley, "On Life," in A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays (1840 edition):
- We live on, and in living we lose the apprehension of life.
- 1815, Percy Bysshe Shelley, "On Life," in A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays (1840 edition):
- Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
- The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
- Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.
Usage notes
- Apprehension springs from a sense of danger when somewhat remote, but approaching; alarm arises from danger when announced as near at hand. Apprehension is less agitated and more persistent; alarm is more agitated and transient.
Synonyms
- (anticipation of unfavorable things): alarm
- (act of grasping with the intellect): awareness, sense
- See also Thesaurus:apprehension
Antonyms
- inapprehension
Related terms
Translations
References
- apprehension at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
apprehension From the web:
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