Meaning of "mistrust" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF MISTRUST

mistrust  [ˌmɪsˈtrʌst]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISTRUST

Mistrust is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mistrust in English.

WHAT DOES MISTRUST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Distrust

Distrust is a formal way of not trusting any one party too much in a situation of grave risk or deep doubt. It is commonly expressed in civics as a division or balance of powers, or in politics as means of validating treaty terms. Systems based on distrust simply divide the responsibility so that checks and balances can operate. The phrase "Trust, but verify" refers specifically to distrust. An electoral system or adversarial process inevitably is based on distrust, but not on mistrust. Parties compete in the system, but they do not compete to subvert the system itself, or gain bad faith advantage through it - if they do they are easily caught by the others. Of course much mistrust does exist between parties, and it is exactly this which motivates putting in place a formal system of distrust. Diplomatic protocol for instance, which applies between states, relies on such means as formal disapproval which in effect say "we do not trust that person". It also tends to rely on a strict etiquette - distrusting each person's habits to signal their intent, and instead relying on a global standard for behaviour in sensitive social settings.

Definition of mistrust in the English dictionary

The definition of mistrust in the dictionary is to have doubts or suspicions about. Other definition of mistrust is distrust.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MISTRUST

PRESENT

Present

I mistrust

you mistrust

he/she/it mistrusts

we mistrust

you mistrust

they mistrust

Present continuous

I am mistrusting

you are mistrusting

he/she/it is mistrusting

we are mistrusting

you are mistrusting

they are mistrusting

Present perfect

I have mistrusted

you have mistrusted

he/she/it has mistrusted

we have mistrusted

you have mistrusted

they have mistrusted

Present perfect continuous

I have been mistrusting

you have been mistrusting

he/she/it has been mistrusting

we have been mistrusting

you have been mistrusting

they have been mistrusting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I mistrusted

you mistrusted

he/she/it mistrusted

we mistrusted

you mistrusted

they mistrusted

Past continuous

I was mistrusting

you were mistrusting

he/she/it was mistrusting

we were mistrusting

you were mistrusting

they were mistrusting

Past perfect

I had mistrusted

you had mistrusted

he/she/it had mistrusted

we had mistrusted

you had mistrusted

they had mistrusted

Past perfect continuous

I had been mistrusting

you had been mistrusting

he/she/it had been mistrusting

we had been mistrusting

you had been mistrusting

they had been mistrusting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will mistrust

you will mistrust

he/she/it will mistrust

we will mistrust

you will mistrust

they will mistrust

Future continuous

I will be mistrusting

you will be mistrusting

he/she/it will be mistrusting

we will be mistrusting

you will be mistrusting

they will be mistrusting

Future perfect

I will have mistrusted

you will have mistrusted

he/she/it will have mistrusted

we will have mistrusted

you will have mistrusted

they will have mistrusted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been mistrusting

you will have been mistrusting

he/she/it will have been mistrusting

we will have been mistrusting

you will have been mistrusting

they will have been mistrusting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would mistrust

you would mistrust

he/she/it would mistrust

we would mistrust

you would mistrust

they would mistrust

Conditional continuous

I would be mistrusting

you would be mistrusting

he/she/it would be mistrusting

we would be mistrusting

you would be mistrusting

they would be mistrusting

Conditional perfect

I would have mistrust

you would have mistrust

he/she/it would have mistrust

we would have mistrust

you would have mistrust

they would have mistrust

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been mistrusting

you would have been mistrusting

he/she/it would have been mistrusting

we would have been mistrusting

you would have been mistrusting

they would have been mistrusting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you mistrust
we let´s mistrust
you mistrust

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to mistrust

Past participle

mistrusted

Present Participle

mistrusting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MISTRUST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mistrust» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of mistrust

apprehend · apprehension · beware · distrust · doubt · dubiety · misgiving · scepticism · suspect · suspicion · uncertainty · wariness

TRANSLATION OF MISTRUST

Find out the translation of mistrust to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of mistrust from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mistrust» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 不信任
• Translator English - Spanish: desconfianza
• English: mistrust
• Translator English - Hindi: अविश्वास
• Translator English - Arabic: عدم الثقة
• Translator English - Russian: недоверие
• Translator English - Portuguese: falta de confiança
• Translator English - Bengali: অবিশ্বাস
• Translator English - French: méfiance
• Translator English - Malay: Ketidakpercayaan
• Translator English - German: Misstrauen
• Translator English - Japanese: 不信
• Translator English - Korean: 불신
• Translator English - Javanese: Mistrust
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nghi ngờ
• Translator English - Tamil: அவநம்பிக்கையை
• Translator English - Marathi: अविश्वास
• Translator English - Turkish: güvensizlik
• Translator English - Italian: diffidenza
• Translator English - Polish: nieufność
• Translator English - Ukrainian: недовіру
• Translator English - Romanian: neîncredere
• Translator English - Greek: δυσπιστία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: wantroue
• Translator English - Swedish: misstro
• Translator English - Norwegian: mistillit

10 QUOTES WITH «MISTRUST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mistrust.

1

Kurt Andersen

The mistrust of government that blossomed in the late '60s has become a chronic and in some ways pathological condition.

2

William Collins

Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.

3

Denholm Elliott

I always think instinct is more interesting than anything you can think up. I mistrust and am rather bored with actors who are of the Stanislavski school who think about detail.

4

Jasmine Guy

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

5

Gary Hamel

Trust is not simply a matter of truthfulness, or even constancy. It is also a matter of amity and goodwill. We trust those who have our best interests at heart, and mistrust those who seem deaf to our concerns.

6

Ismail Haniyeh

The increasing mistrust between the Arab-Muslim peoples and the western world is rooted in the conflict in Palestine.

7

Karan Johar

Legal documents have mistrust written all over them. It's unfortunate, but the human DNA is so tuned to kind of taking you for granted that we tend to protect ourselves legally. That's why I don't read them as, if I read them, I will go soft. To me, the human relationship is far more important than the professional bond I share with anyone.

8

Joseph Joubert

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

9

Ivan Krastev

Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust.

10

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISTRUST»

Discover the use of mistrust in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mistrust and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Anatomy of Mistrust: U.S.-Soviet Relations During the Cold War

Synthesizing different understandings of trust and mistrust from the theoretical traditions of economics, psychology, and game theory, Larson analyzes five cases that might have been turning points in U.S.-Soviet relations.

Deborah Welch Larson, 2000

Trust and Mistrust in International Relations

In this groundbreaking book, Andrew Kydd develops a theory of trust in international relations and applies it to the Cold War.

Andrew H. Kydd, 2005

Scandal: The Culture of Mistrust in American Politics

A widely respected authority on national politics explores the world of post-Watergate Washington and provides the essential details to understand how government has become paralyzed by endless hearings and investigations.

Suzanne Garment, 1991

Racial Identity and Cultural Mistrust as Predictors of ...

The purpose of this study was to acquire information directly from African American men who are enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as well as Historically White Universities (HWIs) about experiences that can ...

Shaka A. Moustafa-I, 2006

Moral Crusades in an Age of Mistrust: The Jimmy Savile Scandal

This is a work of public sociology that seeks to explore the social dimensions of a cultural drama as it unfolds.

Frank Furedi, 2013

The Anaconda; Mistrust; and the Castle Spectre

Thereafter he was known as "Monk" Lewis. Educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, Lewis served as attach to the British embassy at The Hague and was a member of Parliament from 1796 to 1802.

M. G. Lewis, 2012

Trust and Mistrust: Radical Risk Strategies in Business ...

In this book, Aidan Ward and John Smith teach how to trust others and pinpoint real ris k in business. If we trust someone we put ourselves at risk, but we do so voluntarily.

Aidan Ward, John Smith, 2004

Schema Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide

Mistrust/Abuse Typical Presentation of the Schema Patients with the Mistrust/ Abuse schema expect others to lie, manipulate, cheat, or in other ways to take advantage of them, and in the most extreme form of the schema, try to humiliate or ...

Jeffrey E. Young, Janet S. Klosko, Marjorie E. Weishaar, 2003

Understanding as the Ultimate Medium to Resolve Mistrust: ...

Research Protocol.

Ali Goldoust, 2009

The politics of mistrust: estimating American oil and gas ...

For this reason alone, this book deserves the serious attention of anyone interested in understanding how energy policy got where it is today, understood in terms of players, perspectives, and social epistemology.

Aaron B. Wildavsky, Ellen Tenenbaum, Pat Albin, 1981

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISTRUST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mistrust is used in the context of the following news items.

Parental mistrust

Parental mistrust. 00:00 Tuesday 21 July 2015. 0. Have your say. I feel it is unfair to blame the SNP for the reported failures of the Named Person Scheme as ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»

US language of threat against Iran deepens mistrust: Academic

Press TV has conducted an interview with Mohammad Hassan Khani, a professor at Imam Sadiq University in Tehran, to discuss the comments ... «Press TV, Jul 15»

Mistrust at SAA starting to boil over

The reports of mistrust at SAA's highest level comes only weeks after the good news that that interim SAA CEO Bezuidenhout has shown great ... «TheSouthAfrican, Jul 15»

On Patrol With the Soldiers Battling Bandits, Islamist Militants, and …

On Patrol With the Soldiers Battling Bandits, Islamist Militants, and Mistrust in Mali. By Jack Watling and Paul Raymond. July 19, 2015 | 12:29 pm. There are 10 of ... «VICE News, Jul 15»

ANALYSIS: America's New Deal With Iran May Leave Russia Out In …

This mistrust in itself ensures that Iran will take a balanced approach toward the U.S. and Russia. Share this article! Add to favorites. Print This ... «Mintpress News, Jul 15»

Workers' Compensation and the Cost of Mistrust

Research finds that a worker's fear of being fired after an injury has a large and pervasive effect on workers' compensation costs and worker ... «CFO, Jul 15»

Financial shortfall, mistrust plague VA

FILE - In this July 9, 2015 file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»

Gaffe by chief stokes Dominicans' mistrust of OAS

Santo Domingo.- A statement that emerged Thursday by Organization of American States (OAS) secretary general Luis Almagro has stoked ... «Dominican Today, Jul 15»

WashPost Writer Claims Hillary Has 'Plenty of Reasons to Mistrust …

Hillary Clinton has "plenty of reasons to mistrust the press," that according to a Washington Post columnist. E.J.Dionne appeared on Monday's ... «NewsBusters, Jul 15»

Zarif: I Hope US Removes Iran's 'Mistrust' In Deal Implementation …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that he hopes the US' behavior in the implementation of the Iran deal will “remove some ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»