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noun

Mistrust n. Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust.

verb

Mistrust v. t.

To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust. "I will never mistrust my wife again."

To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise. "By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust Ensuing dangers."

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Etymology of 'Mistrust'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mistrust" Quotes from Famous Books

... spite of himself, and eyed her with a sudden gleam of hope, or triumph, or mistrust, or perhaps of all three. Then his glance fell, and his voice ...

— The Trampling of the Lilies • Rafael Sabatini

... and who was hereafter to be known as Charles the Bald. This son became his mother's ruling, if not exclusive, passion, and the source of his father's woes. His birth could not fail to cause ill-temper and mistrust in Louis' three sons by Hermengarde, who were already kings. They had but a short time previously received the first proof of their father's weakness. In 822, Louis, repenting of his severity toward his nephew, Bernard of Italy, whose eyes he had caused ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 5 • Various

... little what I meant by saying that Englishmen are muddle-headed, because they never have been forced by political adversity to mistrust their tempers and depend on a carefully stated case as ...

— New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 - From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index • Various

... bodies were hardened by exposure and fatigue, retained a purity of mind and sincerity really touching. They never ceased to believe that "the Prince" for whom they fought would one day come and share their danger. It had been so often announced and so often put off that a little mistrust might have been forgiven them, but they had faith, and that inspired them with a thought which seemed quite simple to them but which was really sublime. While they were lodging in holes, living on a pittance parsimoniously taken from the party's funds, they kept a comfortable and ...

— The House of the Combrays • G. le Notre

... didn't mistrust Caleb Harper. Why didn't ye ask him, whilst he war still a-livin', whether he'd made an heir outen a man ...

— The Roof Tree • Charles Neville Buck

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