Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having mistrust; wanting trust or confidence; suspicious; doubting: as, a mistrustful spirit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
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Examples
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My friend is not 'mistrustful' of me, no, because she don't fear I shall make mainprize of the stray cloaks and umbrellas down-stairs, or turn an article for _Colburn's_ on her sayings and doings up-stairs, -- but spite of that, she does mistrust ... _so_ mistrust my common sense, -- nay, uncommon and dramatic-poet's sense, if I am put on asserting it!
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850
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I ussually just don't say anything, sit there and continue to think these "mistrustful" thoughts.
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TRUST is the most important part of a relationship, you have to trust in the other person and not be jealous and mistrustful of their friendships with others
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They are more alike than different and when you see them, you're less likely to be mistrustful or wary of other cultures.
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Expected to Draw a Million Visitors 2011
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The unilateral strike has dangerously unhinged a 60-year-old partnership between the two nations, leaving the Pakistanis embarrassed and resentful and the Americans even more mistrustful of their supposed allies.
Pakistan Warns U.S. Against Raids Tom Wright 2011
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While the jury is still out on whether the mistrustful governments can agree on the fine print, the new proposals for the first time constitute a Greek debt reduction programme that could supply the foundations for economic recovery.
New bailout blueprint for Greece doubles cost to taxpayers 2011
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The ministers, deeply mistrustful of Greek political leaders after nearly two years of missed milestones, also asked for a written commitment from the main Greek political parties to support the program.
Unrest Flares Ahead of Greek Vote Alkman Granitsas 2012
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They are more alike than different and when you see them, you're less likely to be mistrustful or wary of other cultures.
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Expected to Draw a Million Visitors 2011
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The ministers, deeply mistrustful of Greek political leaders after nearly two years of missed milestones, also asked for a written commitment from the main Greek political parties to support the program.
Greek Party Leaders Urge Yes Vote on Austerity Alkman Granitsas 2012
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They are more alike than different and when you see them, you're less likely to be mistrustful or wary of other cultures.
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Expected to Draw a Million Visitors 2011
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