1. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
   "He was mistrusting of how the difficult situation would work out";
   - leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary

1. Regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
   "she mistrusts her stepmother";
   - distrust, suspect

See also: distrustful

Type of: disbelieve, discredit

Antonym: trust

Encyclopedia: Mistrust