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Want of faith; distrust. "[Anger] born of your misfaith." Tennyson.

Evil premonition; doubt; distrust. "Suspicious and misgivings." South.

Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust. Milton.

With distrust or suspicion.

To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be mistaken. [Obs.] Spenser.

The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him.

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident. But thou, secure of soul, unbent with woes. DRyden.

Suspicious or distrustful of one's self. Baxter.

Suspicious; inspiring distrust. [Obs.] Suspect [was] his face, suspect his word also. Chaucer.

Distrusted; doubted. -- Sus*pect"ed*ly, adv. -- Sus*pect"ed*ness, n.

Anxious; solicitous; concerned. Around her crowd distrust, and doubt, and fear, And thoughtful foresight, and tormenting care. Prior.

Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical.

Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful. Chaucer. Man, without the protection of a superior Being, . . . is uncertain of everything that he hopes for. Tillotson.

Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief. [R.] Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers: Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. Tennyson.

Distrust. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust. [Obs.] Chaucer.