mistrust
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English mistrust; equivalent to mis- + trust.
Base: trust
Affixes: mis-
Inflected forms:
form: mistrusts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mistrusts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mistrusting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: mistrusted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: mistrusted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: mistrust
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: mistrust
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: mistrusted
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: mistrust
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: mistrustest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: mistrusted
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: mistrustedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: mistrusts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mistrusteth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: mistrusted
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: mistrust
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: mistrusted
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: mistrust
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: mistrusted
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: mistrust
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: mistrusting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: mistrusted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: Lack of trust or confidence; distrust, untrust.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: To have no confidence in (something or someone).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The Britans marching out againſt them, and miſtruſting thir own power, ſend to Germanus and his Collegue, repoſing more in the ſpiritual ſtrength of thoſe two men, than in thir own thouſands arm’d.
He mistrusted my youth, my common-sense, and my seamanship, and made a point of showing it in a hundred little ways.
gloss: To be wary, suspicious or doubtful of (something or someone).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It is most strange to report what outragious acts […] haue beene committed […] by women especially, that will runne after their husbands into all places, all companies, as Iouianus Pontanus wife did by him, follow him whether soeuer hee goes, it matters not, or vpon what businesse, rauing […] , cursing, swearing, and mistrusting euery one she sees.
The innocent beauty of her face was not as innocent to me as it had been; I mistrusted the natural grace and charm of her manner […]
It was the Earls Court installation on the Piccadilly tube, opened on October 4, 1911, which really began the successful career of the escalator in this country. At first the public mistrusted it, and a wooden-legged man called "Bumper" Harris was engaged to travel up and down all day to give passengers confidence. Today there are 181 escalators at 57 London Transport stations.
gloss: To suspect, to imagine or suppose (something) to be the case.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: […] I propheſie, that many a thouſand,
Which now miſtruſt no parcell of my feare,
And many an old mans ſighe, and many a Widdowes,
And many an Orphans water-ſtanding-eye,
Men for their Sonnes, Wiues for their Husbands,
Orphans, for their Parents timeles death,
Shall rue the houre that euer thou was’t borne.
As soon as it was dark enough to conceal our Flight, we assembl’d together, and took a considerable Quantity of Muslins and Callicoes, and hung them upon the Bushes, that the Spies, who we knew watch’d us, might not any ways mistrust our sudden Removal.
Those who had known the circumstances of her discovery, had gradually come to look upon her as the child of those who treasured her as if she had been their own; and the playmates of her childhood days had never mistrusted there was a mystery hanging about her "romantic" name,—Sea-flower.
"So I'm here to say I'm sorry." Another big gulp.
Troop heaved himself slowly off the locker he was sitting on and held out an eleven-inch hand. "I mistrusted 'twould do you sights o' good; an' this shows I weren't mistook in my jedgments^([sic])."
gloss: To be suspicious.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: She wuz soft in her complexion, her lips, her cheeks, her hands, and as I mistrusted at that first minute, and found out afterwards, soft in her head too.
And yes, she has long mistrusted
That a cider apple tree
In bearing there to-day is hers,
Or at least may be.
Synonyms: distrust
Antonyms: trust
Derived words: mistruster
mistrustingly
mistrustless
unmistrusting
Translations: