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- [mis-truhst]
- /mɪsˈtrʌst/
- /ˌmɪsˈtrʌst/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mis-truhst]
- /mɪsˈtrʌst/
Definitions of mistrust word
- noun mistrust lack of trust or confidence; distrust. 1
- verb with object mistrust to regard with mistrust, suspicion, or doubt; distrust. 1
- verb with object mistrust to surmise. 1
- verb without object mistrust to be distrustful. 1
- noun mistrust Be suspicious of; have no confidence in. 1
- noun mistrust lack of confidence in sb 1
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Origin of mistrust
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English mistrusten (v.), mistrust (noun). See mis-1, trust
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Parts of speech for Mistrust
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mistrust popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
mistrust usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mistrust
noun mistrust
- wariness — the state or quality of being wary.
- apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
- foreboding — a prediction; portent.
- uncertainty — the state of being uncertain; doubt; hesitancy: His uncertainty gave impetus to his inquiry.
- misgiving — Often, misgivings. a feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension.
verb mistrust
- apprehend — If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- challenge — A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- suspect — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
Antonyms for mistrust
noun mistrust
- unconcern — absence of feeling or concern; indifference.
- certainty — Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.
- sureness — free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- confidence — If you have confidence in someone, you feel that you can trust them.
- trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
Top questions with mistrust
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