Meaning & use
Mistrusted
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Regarded someone or something with suspicion or a lack of confidence.
See it in a sentence
The villagers mistrusted the stranger who arrived after dark.
She mistrusted her own memory of the event.
A note on using this word
Mistrust implies a milder or more instinctive suspicion than distrust, which often follows a specific breach of confidence.
Words with a similar meaning
distrustedsuspected
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Words with an opposite meaning
trusted
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