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Mistrust
Definitions
- 1 Lack of trust or confidence; distrust, untrust. uncountable, usually
- 2 the trait of not trusting others wordnet
- 3 doubt about someone's honesty wordnet
- 1 To have no confidence in (something or someone). transitive
"The Britans marching out againſt them, and miſtruſting thir own power, ſend to Germanus and his Collegue, repoſing more in the ſpiritual ſtrength of thoſe two men, than in thir own thouſands arm’d."
- 2 regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in wordnet
- 3 To be wary, suspicious or doubtful of (something or someone). transitive
"It is most strange to report what outragious acts […] haue beene committed […] by women especially, that will runne after their husbands into all places, all companies, as Iouianus Pontanus wife did by him, follow him whether soeuer hee goes, it matters not, or vpon what businesse, rauing […] , cursing, swearing, and mistrusting euery one she sees."
- 4 To suspect, to imagine or suppose (something) to be the case. transitive
"[…] I propheſie, that many a thouſand, Which now miſtruſt no parcell of my feare, And many an old mans ſighe, and many a Widdowes, And many an Orphans water-ſtanding-eye, Men for their Sonnes, Wiues for their Husbands, Orphans, for their Parents timeles death, Shall rue the houre that euer thou was’t borne."
- 5 To be suspicious. intransitive
"She wuz soft in her complexion, her lips, her cheeks, her hands, and as I mistrusted at that first minute, and found out afterwards, soft in her head too."
Etymology
From Middle English mistrust; equivalent to mis- + trust.
From Middle English mistrust; equivalent to mis- + trust.
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