单词 | mistrustfulness |
释义 | mistrustfulnessn. The condition or quality of being mistrustful; lack of confidence; suspiciousness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [noun] > state of suspiciousness1525 mistrustfulness1542 distrustfulness1577 distrustiness1579 bad mind1593 disconceitedness1659 suspectfulness1872 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 294 The mystrustfulnesse [L. diffidentiam] of the Byzancians he laied on the necke of..ye capitain. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xviii. sig. Aa5v A mistrustfulnes of my selfe, as one strayed from his best strength. 1672 J. Eachard Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered 7 I am confident there must be some occasion or other of this so very great jealousie and mistrustfullness of yours. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. ix. 180 She controlled her alert mistrustfulness. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist ii. 95 The infection of the excitement and youth about him entered into and transformed his moody mistrustfulness. 1996 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 2 Aug. c18/3 Velazquez..conveys the capricious cruelty and sullen mistrustfulness that characterized this Pope. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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