mistrust

Speech parts

1. mistrust - Noun

2. mistrust - Verb

Meaning

Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust.

To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust.

To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

distrust suspect misgiving suspicion distrustfulness beware question challenge dispute doubt suspected anxiety questioning query skepticism

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Antonyms

trust bank creed view judge believe

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Hypernyms

doubt disbelieve dubiety uncertainty trait discredit

Hyponyms

doubt suspicion suspiciousness

Phrases with the word

with mistrust mistrust of men to mistrust mistrust of women

Examples

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything. Johann Kaspar Lavater

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. Aristotle

I mistrust all systematizers and avoid them. the will to a system is a lack of integrity. Friedrich Nietzsche

When mistrust enters, love departs. Danish Proverb

From those I trust God guard me, from those I mistrust I will guard myself. Italian Proverb

Mistrust is an axe in the tree of love. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

mistris mistrist mistrow mistrust of men mistrust of women mistruster