It is more ignominious to mistrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
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Mistrust
//mɪsˈtɹʌst//
Synonyms for "mistrust" (76 found)
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Related words (38)
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12 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀπιστέω verb (to have no confidence in something)
Bulgarian
4 entries- недоверие noun (lack of trust)
- подозрение noun (lack of trust)
- не се доверявам verb (to have no confidence in something)
- подозирам verb (to be wary, suspicious, or doubtful)
Catalan
3 entries- desconfiança noun (lack of trust)
- recel noun (lack of trust)
- desconfiar verb (to have no confidence in something)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不信任 noun (lack of trust)
Dutch
1 entries- wantrouwen noun (lack of trust)
Faroese
2 entries- mistrúgv noun (lack of trust)
- misálit noun (lack of trust)
Finnish
1 entries- epäluottamus noun (lack of trust)
French
2 entries- défiance noun (lack of trust)
- méfiance noun (lack of trust)
Georgian
1 entries- უნდობლობა noun (lack of trust)
German
1 entries- Misstrauen noun (lack of trust)
Greek
1 entries- δυσπιστώ verb (to have no confidence in something)
Hindi
3 entries- अविश्वास noun (lack of trust)
- संदेह noun (lack of trust)
- संशय करना verb (to have no confidence in something)
Italian
3 entries- diffidenza noun (lack of trust)
- sfiducia noun (lack of trust)
- diffidare verb (to have no confidence in something)
Japanese
1 entries- 不信 noun (lack of trust)
Khmer
1 entries- ការមិនទុកចិត្ត noun (lack of trust)
Korean
1 entries- 불신 noun (lack of trust)
Latin
4 entries- suspīciō noun (lack of trust)
- suspītiō noun (lack of trust)
- suspiciō verb (to have no confidence in something)
- suspiciō verb (to be wary, suspicious, or doubtful)
Māori
2 entries- whakahori verb (to have no confidence in something)
- whakateka verb (to have no confidence in something)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شبههلنمك verb (to be wary, suspicious, or doubtful)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- нєдовириє noun (lack of trust)
Persian
2 entries- ظن داشتن noun (lack of trust)
- گمان داشتن noun (lack of trust)
Polish
1 entries- nieufność noun (lack of trust)
Portuguese
4 entries- desconfiança noun (lack of trust)
- receio noun (lack of trust)
- desconfiar verb (to have no confidence in something)
- suspeitar verb (to have no confidence in something)
Romanian
2 entries- difidență noun (lack of trust)
- neîncredere noun (lack of trust)
Russian
1 entries- недове́рие noun (lack of trust)
Slovak
1 entries- nedôvera noun (lack of trust)
Spanish
3 entries- desconfianza noun (lack of trust)
- recelo noun (lack of trust)
- desconfiar verb (to have no confidence in something)
Swedish
2 entries- misstro noun (lack of trust)
- misstro verb (to have no confidence in something)
Telugu
1 entries- అవిశ్వాసము noun (lack of trust)
Turkish
1 entries- şüphe noun (lack of trust)
Zulu
1 entries- ukungathembani noun (lack of trust)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
This has bred more fear and mistrust.
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No single speech can eradicate years of mistrust, nor can I answer in the time that I have all the complex questions that brought us to this point.
Source: tatoeba (376871)
Mistrust is the mother of safety.
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