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Spell Bee Word: Mistrust


What does mistrust mean?

Word: Mistrust

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Mistrust means to not trust someone or something; to feel that a person may not be honest.

Synonyms: distrust, doubt, suspect

Antonyms: trust

How do you spell mistrust?

Syllables: mis - trust

Tricky part: Children add an extra s where mis meets trust.

Watch out for: misstrust, mistrus

Memory tip: Count the s's: one in mis, one in trust, and never two side by side.

Mistrust in a sentence

Example 1: The villagers mistrust strangers who ask too many questions.

Example 2: I began to mistrust the old map after we got lost twice.

Example 3: Some people mistrust online shops.

Fun Fact

Mistrust is an old word: it was already in use in English in the 1300s, around the time of the poet Chaucer.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

mistrust

a) question
b) believe
c) ignore
d) avoid

Show answer

b) believe. You may question, avoid or ignore someone you mistrust; to believe them is the opposite.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandpa mistrusts the weather app and checks the sky himself every mornning.

a) Grandpa
b) mornning
c) mistrusts
d) weather

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b) mornning. Morning has a single n before the ing.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) mistery
b) mischievus
c) mistrust
d) misirable

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c) mistrust. Mystery starts with my, miserable has an e after mis, and mischievous ends in ous.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

turstism

a) tourist
b) mistrust
c) mustard
d) distrust

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b) mistrust. Distrust starts with d, and mustard and tourist are a letter short.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why might people mistrust a shopkeeper?

a) he sells fresh fruit
b) he opens early
c) he smiles a lot
d) he cheats on weights

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d) he cheats on weights

2. If you mistrust a message from a stranger, you ____.

a) reply to it at once
b) save it to read later
c) share it with friends
d) wonder if it is true

Show answer

d) wonder if it is true

Associated Words

Words that start with mis: mislead, misjudge, misbehave, misfortune, misinterpret, mischief

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: doubt

More words from this list

priest, shield, tuna, agriculture, chamber, develop, fiction, indicate

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