mistrust
noun
lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
mistrustfulness
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a word derived from
mistrust.
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a word derived from
mistrustful.
Example Sentences
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I found in him, on the contrary, an extreme mistrustfulness concealed under a mask of naïveté, and an intelligence of considerable range.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
It is a look of utter misery, compounded with mistrustfulness of the deceiving hag.
From Orphans of the Storm by MacMahon, Henry
Another nature seemed to have been lent him: the infection of the excitement and youth about him entered into and transformed his moody mistrustfulness.
From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James
This mistrustfulness offended others of his friends, and, in particular, Munatius, the most intimate of them all, became almost irreconcilable.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
Mitya drew back his hand, but at once blamed himself for his mistrustfulness.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
