mistrust

Plural: mistrusts

Noun

• doubt about someone's honesty
• the trait of not trusting others
• Lack of trust or confidence; distrust, untrust.

Verb

Verb Forms: mistrusted, mistrusting, mistrusts

• To lack trust or have suspicion.
• regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
• To have no confidence in (something or someone).
• To be wary, suspicious or doubtful of (something or someone).
• To suspect, to imagine or suppose (something) to be the case.
• To be suspicious.

Examples

• Many players MISTRUSTed the new dictionary update, fearing it might allow too many obscure words.

Synonyms

distrust, distrustfulness, misgiving, suspect, suspicion, untrust, wantrust

Antonyms

trust

Anagrams of mistrust