单词 | mistrustful |
释义 | mistrustfuladj. 1. Full of or marked by mistrust; lacking in trust or confidence; distrustful or suspicious (of something or someone). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective] ortrowOE truthlessa1200 untristc1374 mistrusty?a1425 overtrowinga1425 diffidenta1460 in suspicion1471 suspicionous1474 suspectious1521 mistrustful1529 surmising1535 distrusting1549 trustless?1550 mistrusting1552 misgiving1567 suspectfula1586 misdoubtful1596 distrustfula1600 shy1600 misdoubting1601 scrupulous1608 jealousa1616 umbratiousa1639 inconfident1667 suspecting1691 unconfiding1820 untrusting1861 defiant1872 leery1896 suspicionful1911 hincty1929 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv. i, in Wks. (1557) 247/2 To shewe our selfe so mistrustful & wauering, that for to serche whether our faith were false or true, we should geue hearing..to a fond frere. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iv. ii. 8 I hold it cowardise, To rest mistrustfull where a noble hart, Hath pawnde an open hand in signe of loue. a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) iii. i. sig. G2v Your minde is too mistrustfull. 1680 London Gaz. No. 1548/3 We begin here to be somewhat mistrustful of the Merchandises that are brought from Germany. 1712 J. Arbuthnot App. to John Bull Still in Senses ii. 12 Why so mistrustful? hast thou ever found us false to thee? 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. 190 Go to, go to, naughty mistrustful Mrs. Pamela. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. x. 160 She presented it across the counter; accompanying the act by another inquisitive and mistrustful glance. 1886 R. C. J. Nixon Euclid Revised Pref. So far, teachers are either unaware, or mistrustful, of such strength. 1897 C. Campbell Deilie Jock 232 I canna bide mistrustfu' folk like that. 1918 Oxf. Mag. 21 June 343/1 In all these ideas there is enough truth to justify free experiments, and enough exaggeration to make us mistrustful. 1992 M. Clynes White Rose Murder (BNC) 182 The rest of our party were still silent and withdrawn, openly mistrustful of each other. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective] > arousing or deserving of suspicion suspecta1300 of suspicion1340 suspect1340 suspicious1340 untrusted1552 suspectiousa1558 suspected1559 suspected to1571 mistrusted1592 mistrustful1593 suspectful1603 slight1607 suspicable1614 distrustful1618 suspicionable1692 jealoused1695 suspectable1748 untrustable1862 funny1903 sus1958 hinky1961 sussy1965 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Fij Or stonisht, as night wandrers often are, Their light blowne out in some mistrustfull wood. View more context for this quotation 1662 G. Torriano New Fabrick Ital. Dialogues 101 in Piazza Universale (1666) He says catering is a most greedy and a mistrustfull imployment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1529 |
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