Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Lack of trust or confidence.
- transitive verb To regard without trust or confidence.
- transitive verb To doubt the truth or sincerity of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lack of trust or confidence; suspicion.
- To suspect; doubt; regard with suspicion or jealousy.
- To suspect; apprehend: said of a fact or circumstance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust.
- transitive verb To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust.
- transitive verb To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Lack oftrust orconfidence . - verb To have no confidence in something
- verb To be
wary ,suspicious ordoubtful
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the trait of not trusting others
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
- verb regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
Etymologies
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Examples
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Such mistrust is abundantly evident, time and again, in the very books presumably designed to reduce it in the name of relationship building.
Mr. Goodbar Redux 2002
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Such mistrust is abundantly evident, time and again, in the very books presumably designed to reduce it in the name of relationship building.
Mr. Goodbar Redux 2002
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They decide to take her up on it, but there is mistrust from the beginning because they don’t know what this woman is hiding up her sleeve, the actress smiles.
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The sense of fear, suspicion, and mistrust is shown as pervasive, and it’s suggested that the only exceptional thing about Dreyman’s being under surveillance is how long it took.
The Films of Others 2007
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Representatives of the world powers replied that the heart of the mistrust is the Iranian nuclear program, the source said.
Iran begins talks with world powers amid low expectations Glenn Kessler 2010
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"But I think there are a lot of egos involved and a lot of mistrust, which is why we're not seeing any consensus," she said.
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"But I think there are a lot of egos involved and a lot of mistrust, which is why we're not seeing any consensus," she said.
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His mistrust is the surest sign of his weakness, which shows itself when he encounters real opponents.
Daring Young Men RICHARD REEVES 2010
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I'm placing Astonishing here, as story elements from that book inform what Bru & Carey are doing in the main titles mistrust of Xavier, Scott & Emma's relationship status, Kitty & Piotr being back.
Which is your favorite X-Men Era? | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007
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But her mistrust is a little of the latest to do her service!
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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