[syn: distrust, mistrust, suspect]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mistrust \Mis*trust"\, n.
Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mistrust \Mis*trust"\, v. t.
1. To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt
the integrity of; to distrust.
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I will never mistrust my wife again. --Shak.
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2. To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise.
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By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust
Ensuing dangers. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mistrust
n 1: doubt about someone's honesty [syn: misgiving,
mistrust, distrust, suspicion]
2: the trait of not trusting others [syn: distrust,
distrustfulness, mistrust] [ant: trust, trustfulness,
trustingness]
v 1: regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no
faith or confidence in [syn: distrust, mistrust,
suspect] [ant: bank, rely, swear, trust]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "mistrust":
Pyrrhonism, 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, 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