misdoubt
[verb]
Synonyms: distrust, doubt, mistrust, suspect, suspicion

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Related Words: apprehend, dread, fear

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misdoubt noun. [mɪs'daʊt] Now chiefly Scot. & dial. L16.
[from MIS-¹ 6 + DOUBT noun.]
Apprehension of evil; gen. mistrust, suspicion.

■ misdoubtful adjective (rare) suspicious: only in L16.

■ misdoubtfully adverb (long rare) L16.

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misdoubt verb. [mɪs'daʊt] Now chiefly Scot. & dial. ME.
[from MIS-¹ 6 + DOUBT verb.]
1. verb trans. Have doubts as to the existence, truth, or reality of (a thing). Also foll. by (but) that. Earliest as misdoubting verbal noun. ME.

2. verb trans. Fear, suspect; be suspicious about. M16.
■ M. Drayton Warn'd by Danger to misdoubt the worst. Harper's Magazine I misdoubt the ladies won't like it.
b. verb refl. & intrans. Suspect; be suspicious of. obsolete or arch. M17.

3. verb trans. Have doubts about the character, honesty, etc., of (a person); mistrust. L16.

4. verb trans. Have misgivings or forebodings with regard to. L16.
■ Dickens I much misdoubt an amateur artist's success in this vast place.

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