Meaning of MISTRUST
| Pronunciation: | | mis'trust
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | distrust, distrust, distrust, distrustfulness, misgiving, suspect, suspicion |
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| | Antonyms: | | bank, rely, swear, trust, trust, trustfulness, trustingness | | |
| | See Also: | | disbelieve, discredit, doubt, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, suspicion, suspiciousness, trait, uncertainty | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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