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Mistrust

Mistrust Meaning & Definition
Mistrust Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mistrust?

[n] the trait of not trusting others
[n] doubt about someone's honesty
[v] regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mistrust: distrust | distrust | distrust | distrustfulness | misgiving | suspect | suspicion

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mistrust: apprehension | apprehensiveness | awake a doubt | be diffident | be doubtful | be dubious | be possessive | be skeptical | be uncertain | beware | cageyness | call in question | challenge | chariness | contest | diffidence | dispute | distrust | distrustfulness | doubt | doubtfulness | dubiety | dubiousness | greet with skepticism | half believe | half-belief | harbor suspicions | have reservations | leeriness | misdoubt | misgive | misgiving | mistrustfulness | Pyrrhonism | query | question | raise a question | reservation | scepticism | scruple | scrupulousness | self-doubt | shadow of doubt | skepticalness | skepticism | smell a rat | suspect | suspicion | suspiciousness | throw doubt upon | total skepticism | treat with reserve | uncertainty | unsureness | wariness

See Also | disbelieve | discredit | doubt | doubt | doubtfulness | dubiety | dubiousness | incertitude | suspicion | suspiciousness | trait | uncertainty

Mistrust In Webster's Dictionary

\Mis*trust"\, n. Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust. --Milton.
\Mis*trust"\, v. t. 1. To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust. I will never mistrust my wife again. --Shak. 2. To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise. By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust Ensuing dangers. --Shak.

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