mistrust

mistrust
    n 1: doubt about someone's honesty [syn: {misgiving},
         {mistrust}, {distrust}, {suspicion}]
    2: the trait of not trusting others [syn: {distrust},
       {distrustfulness}, {mistrust}] [ant: {trust}, {trustfulness},
       {trustingness}]
    v 1: regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no
         faith or confidence in [syn: {distrust}, {mistrust},
         {suspect}] [ant: {bank}, {rely}, {swear}, {trust}]
    

Mistrust \Mis*trust"\, n.
   Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust. --Milton.
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Mistrust \Mis*trust"\, v. t.
   1. To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt
      the integrity of; to distrust.
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            I will never mistrust my wife again.  --Shak.
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   2. To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise.
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            By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust
            Ensuing dangers.                      --Shak.
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55 Moby Thesaurus words for "mistrust":
      Pyrrhonism, apprehension, apprehensiveness, awake a doubt,
      be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be possessive, be skeptical,
      be uncertain, beware, cageyness, call in question, challenge,
      chariness, contest, diffidence, dispute, distrust, distrustfulness,
      doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, greet with skepticism,
      half believe, half-belief, harbor suspicions, have reservations,
      leeriness, misdoubt, misgive, misgiving, mistrustfulness, query,
      question, raise a question, reservation, scepticism, scruple,
      scrupulousness, self-doubt, shadow of doubt, skepticalness,
      skepticism, smell a rat, suspect, suspicion, suspiciousness,
      throw doubt upon, total skepticism, treat with reserve,
      uncertainty, unsureness, wariness