verb
- to have no confidence in; to doubt the honesty or reliability of
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘mistrust’
noun
- feelings of doubt or suspicion about someone or something
Usage: plural form of ‘mistrust’
Examples
- She mistrusts politicians who make grand promises.
- He mistrusts any deal that seems too good to be true.
- The detective mistrusts the witness’s story.
- Their mistrusts about the company’s finances proved justified.
- Years of betrayal had created deep mistrusts between the former allies.
- The teacher mistrusts students who always have excuses for late work.
- Public mistrusts of the media have grown in recent years.