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To have doubts or suspicions about

To exercise or express disbelief or doubt

To belittle or express disapproval of

A lack or absence of trust or confidence

A state of being mentally uneasy, or anxious

A feeling of insecurity caused by a lack of trust

Lack of decision or purpose

Extreme and irrational distrust of others

The state of being disapproved of or disliked (by others)

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Verb

To have doubts or suspicions about

have reservations about

harbour suspicions about

be suspicious of

have doubts about

have misgivings about

have qualms about

have no confidence in

be sceptical of

be mistrustful of

have no faith in

be distrustful of

be uneasy about

feel uneasy about

have suspicions about

call in question

call into question

harbour reservations about

harbor suspicion

feel apprehensive about

lack confidence in

be apprehensive of

give no credence

entertain doubts about

be unconvinced about

be unsure about

regard with suspicion

raise objections to

express reservations about

express suspicions about

have reservations

be skeptical of

be sceptical about

feel chary about

smell a rat about

have a funny feeling about

look askance at

take with a grain of salt

take with a pinch of salt

be incredulous of

raise doubts about

have hesitations about

cast doubt upon

cast aspersions on

be undetermined

lack conviction

sit on the fence

think something unlikely

be in two minds

blow hot and cold

chop and change

keep changing your mind

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“Cal seemed to mistrust her intentions. He also didn't like the idea that she had more money in the bank than he earned from the ranch.”

Verb

To exercise or express disbelief or doubt

Verb

To belittle or express disapproval of

cast aspersions on

do a hatchet job on

drag through the mud

cut down to size

take down a peg

axe^UK

ax^US

inveigh against

treat with contempt

cut to the quick

treat contemptuously

think little of

throw brickbats at

comment negatively

give comeuppance

knock off high horse

give a black eye

vituperate against

make jokes about

take a swipe at

shoot full of holes

blacken the name of

spread lies about

criticize unfairly

give a bad name

sully the reputation of

blacken the character of

fulminate against

set little store by

fail to appreciate

not do justice to

do an injustice to

set too little store by

tell someone to get lost

hold up to scorn

turn up one's nose at

express contempt

give someone the brush-off

look right through someone

give the cold shoulder to

take the mickey

be scornful about

poke mullock at

bite one's thumb at

take the piss out of

find fault with

drag through the mire

bring into disrepute

give a bad press to

bring discredit to

bring shame upon

spread scandal about

reflect badly on

give some stick to

haul over the coals

run smear campaign

rip up and down

tar and feather

tear off a strip

give someone a bad press

give someone a roasting

give someone a rollicking

tell lies about

remonstrate with

give a talking-to

give someone hell

rap over the knuckles

read the riot act

give someone a bollocking

look down one's nose at

let someone have it

run a smear campaign against

blacken someone's name

give something a battering

blacken the reputation of

conduct a smear campaign against

sully someone's reputation

hold in contempt

pass strictures upon

hold up to ridicule

lay down the law

rake over the coals

tear a strip off

drag someone's name through the mud

give someone a mouthful

give someone a telling-off

give someone a dressing-down

give someone an earful

turn your nose up at

give someone a rating

express disapproval of

lower the status of

remonstrate against

express a poor opinion of

treat disrespectfully

give something a bad press

put in a bad light

write false reports about

give Bronx cheer

spread tales about

regard with contempt

jump down one's throat

criticize severely

drag name through mud

turn up one's nose

slap someone's wrist

give the business

give someone what for

give someone some stick

kick up a stink about

think too little of

give someone a row

set no store by

give someone a wigging

make a fuss about

drag someone's name through the mire

take issue with

take exception to

bite someone's head off

assault verbally

bring under fire

review unfavorably

criticize strongly

cast a slur upon

animadvert upon

give someone bondi

drag through mud

lower someone's dignity

lower someone's status

point the finger

give a bad name to

make someone eat crow

cause to lose face

put someone in their place

take down a peg or two

snap someone's head off

jump on one's case

go for the jugular

be malicious about

speak of with disfavour

be unkind about

thumb one's nose

be untrue to oneself

abandon one's principles

give offence to

be contemptuous about

show contempt for

cause offence to

point finger at

hang something on

blow whistle on

lay at one's door

send up the river

hurt somebody's feelings

injure the reputation of

blacken someone's character

tarnish someone's name

taint someone's name

stain someone's good name

sully someone's name

soil someone's name

step on one's toes

bellyache about

sound off about

show in a bad light

ruin the reputation of

bring into disfavour

damage someone's reputation

destroy someone's credibility

protest strongly

defame someone's character

have a crack at

make cutting remarks about

say contemptuously

curl your lip at

be contemptuous of

have no use for

have contempt for

refuse to acknowledge

hold in disdain

expostulate about

give someone a caning

send someone away with a flea in their ear

lose one's temper with

jump down someone's throat

take to the woodshed

have someone on the carpet

mouth off about

take for granted

cock a snook at

kick up a fuss about

raise objections to

complain vociferously about

oppose strongly

speak out against

object strongly to

lodge a protest against

protest against

express disagreement with

take a stand against

do a takeoff of

do an impression of

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Noun

A lack or absence of trust or confidence

mistrustfulness

distrustfulness

lack of confidence in

lack of faith in

lack of confidence

lack of conviction

incredulousness

second thoughts

unbelievingness

lack of certainty

questionableness

questionability

reconsideration

lack of credence

twinge of doubt

twinge of conscience

pang of conscience

world-weariness

negative thinking

absence of moral values

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“This mystery creates great mistrust in many and a somewhat exaggerated level of expectation in others.”

Noun

A state of being mentally uneasy, or anxious

apprehensiveness

sense of foreboding

butterflies in the stomach

screaming abdabs

pins and needles

nervous tension

sneaking suspicion

screaming habdabs

screaming meemies

prognostication

feeling in one's bones

Sturm und Drang

sinking feeling

handwriting on wall

fear and trembling

nervous excitement

mistrustfulness

emotional strain

mid-life crisis

climbing the walls

fight-or-flight reaction

winds of change

feeling in your bones

preapprehension

writing on the wall

straw in the wind

preconceived notion

fear of carrying out an activity

second thoughts

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“He couldn't shake the mistrust that she had been waylaid.”

Noun

A feeling of insecurity caused by a lack of trust

overprotectiveness

“He always leaves in an optimistic mood, only to return one week later in the same sad mood as before, talking of his misery, his mistrust in his wife.”

Noun

Lack of decision or purpose

procrastination

shillyshallying

shilly-shallying

humming and hawing

second thoughts

hemming and hawing

blowing hot and cold

lack of resolution

half-heartedness

sitting on the fence

inconclusiveness

indeterminateness

unintelligibility

incomprehensibility

confusion dilemma

inscrutableness

stalling for time

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Noun

Extreme and irrational distrust of others

persecution complex

stranger danger

Noun

The state of being disapproved of or disliked (by others)

lack of respectability

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