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mistrust
[ mis-truhst ]
noun
- lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
verb (used with object)
- to regard with mistrust, suspicion, or doubt; distrust.
- to surmise.
verb (used without object)
- to be distrustful.
mistrust
/ ˌmɪsˈtrʌst /
verb
- to have doubts or suspicions about (someone or something)
noun
- distrust
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Derived Forms
- ˌmisˈtrustfully, adverb
- ˌmisˈtrustful, adjective
- ˌmisˈtrustfulness, noun
- ˌmisˈtruster, noun
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Other Words From
- mis·truster noun
- mis·trusting·ly adverb
- self-mis·trust noun
- unmis·trusted adjective
- unmis·trusting adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
The problem starts in that instant of electric mistrust when the cop reaches for his gun, or employs a homicidal chokehold.
As the Ebola epidemic began sweeping through the region, fear and mistrust of the health workers in West Point escalated.
Those who neglect or mistrust him may be punished--indeed may deserve to be.
Racial mistrust, military tactics against citizens, dissent quashed.
A particularly worrisome indicator of this mistrust has been the booming alternative medicine industry.
Full of fears, anxiety, and mistrust, it was a very dispirited Rabecque that now slowly followed Monsieur Gaubert into the inn.
Sarah and Fennefos met in the passage; both were conscious that there was some slight mistrust of them among the others.
Assuming the killer was a person Carmack had reason to mistrust—or to fear—he had to solve the neuro-vibe in order to gain access.
With a final effort of mistrust the cardinal raised his head and interrogated the other's clear and sure gaze.
His evil eyes I much mistrust; but he seem friendly be, and food prepare for us when there we go.
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