Definitions
To doubt someone or something and lack confidence in them.
Word origin
From Middle English mistrust; equivalent to mis- + trust.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“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 […]”
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