What is another word for mistrusting?

Pronunciation: [mɪstɹˈʌstɪŋ] (IPA)

Mistrusting is a feeling of doubt or suspicion towards someone or something. There are several synonyms for the word, including distrust, skepticism, suspicion, disbelief, and doubt. Distrust implies a lack of faith in someone's abilities or honesty. Skepticism suggests a questioning attitude towards something, while suspicion is a feeling that someone or something is guilty of wrongdoing. Disbelief implies a refusal to accept something as true. Doubt suggests uncertainty or hesitation in believing something. All these synonyms convey the sense of mistrusting, in each having an added layer of nuance, making it possible to precisely describe one's feelings of unease or discomfort.

Usage examples for Mistrusting

Two hundred pounds a year would do all I wish to do of the separate sort: for all above, I would content myself to ask you; except, mistrusting your own economy, you would give up to my management and keeping, in order to provide for future contingencies, a larger portion; for which, as your steward, I would regularly account.
"Clarissa, Volume 4 (of 9) History Of A Young Lady"
Samuel Richardson
I won't speak to you again till you have repented of mistrusting me, and he resolutely rejected all further overtures on Upton's part.
"Eric, or Little by Little"
Frederic W. Farrar
Then was his fellow silent, as mistrusting that he had led Hopeful out of the way.
"Bunyan Characters First Series"
Alexander Whyte

Famous quotes with Mistrusting

  • If black people mistrust white people, they are mistrusting racism, and that is appropriate.
    Jasmine Guy

Related words: mistrust, mistrusting ourselves, mistrustful, mistrustfulness, distrustful, distrusting, distrustfulness, suspicious, skeptical

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