to mistrust
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3.5
- verb
- /ˌmɪsˈtrʌst/
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- I tend to mistrust people who make promises they can't keep.
- mistrust government
- always mistrusts
- mistrust teachers
And he, he mistrusted the, the brass.
- And he, he mistrusted the, the brass.
- No child should should mistrust and fear their own parent.
- You know, we don't, we don't need to, we don't need to mistrust him, right?
- But when we decide to mistrust, we never are able to learn whether the people who we are mistrusting would have been trustworthy or not.
- I mean, Trotsky mistrusted him and thought he was, you know, a mindless bureaucrat.
- You know, libertarians and conservatives mistrust the, the, the centraliser who tells you he knows everything.
- This is a line that's often brought up in discussions where one person mistrusts the statistics their opponent is using to add weight to their point.
Examples
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Do you think people mistrust intellectuals like you in politics?
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Can you imagine what it's like to try to help others and to be mistrusted every time?
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Well, I have no reason to mistrust him.
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No, I see no reason to mistrust him.
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Now, as a retired teacher, I mistrust all prepared statements by anyone, including myself.
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I've never given you any reason to mistrust me.
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They mistrust what you tell them.
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I mistrust foreign drugs.
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From Michael's call, I know that he somehow mistrusts us.
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Alwir and Eneas walked nervously side by side, each mistrusting the other.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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4.2
To think that someone or something cannot be relied on
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4.1
Not believe anything someone says
Antonyms
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How Trusting
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Etymology
The verb mistrust comes from the same parts: mis- ('not' or 'wrong') plus trust, like in mistake. So to mistrust someone is to not trust them or to regard them with suspicion.