verb
- past tense and past participle of mistrust; regarded with suspicion or doubt
Examples
- She mistrusted his motives from the beginning.
- The voters mistrusted the politician’s campaign promises.
- He had always mistrusted strangers who seemed too friendly.
- The community mistrusted the company after the environmental scandal.
- Sarah mistrusted her own judgment after making several poor decisions.
- The detective mistrusted the witness’s testimony.
- They mistrusted any news that seemed too good to be true.