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to mistrust
01
to have doubts, reservations, or uncertainties about relying on someone or something
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
State verb
Regular
Present tense
mistrust
3rd person singular
mistrusts
Present participle
mistrusting
Past simple
mistrusted
Past participle
mistrusted
Examples
His suspicious nature causes him to instinctively mistrust people's intentions until they prove otherwise.
Mistrust
01
the trait of not trusting others
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Uncountable
02
doubt about someone's honesty
Lexical Tree
mistrust
trust
