'Mistrust' definitions:
Definition of 'mistrust'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
The trait of not trusting others [syn: distrust, distrustfulness, mistrust] [ant: trust, trustfulness, trustingness]
verb
Definition of 'Mistrust'
From: GCIDE
- Mistrust \Mis*trust"\, n. Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mistrust'
From: GCIDE
- Mistrust \Mis*trust"\, v. t.
- 1. To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust. [1913 Webster]
- I will never mistrust my wife again. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise. [1913 Webster]
- By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust Ensuing dangers. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mistrust'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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