"mistrust" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈtrʌst/ Audio: en-us-mistrust.ogg [US] Forms: mistrust [canonical], mistrusts [third-person, singular], mistrusted [past], mistrusted [past, participle], mistrusting [present, participle]
Etymology: mis- + trust Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|mis|trust}} mis- + trust Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you mistrust someone, you think they are not honest or trustworthy. Synonyms: distrust
    Sense id: simple-mistrust-en-verb-pgi7xdWG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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