Mistrow
(Mis*trow") v. i. To think wrongly. [Obs.]
Mistrust
(Mis*trust") n. Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust. Milton.
Mistrust
(Mis*trust"), v. t.
1. To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust.
I will never mistrust my wife again.
Shak. 2. To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise.
By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust
Ensuing dangers.
Shak. Mistruster
(Mis*trust"er) n. One who mistrusts.
Mistrustful
(Mis*trust"ful) a. Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.
Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood.
Shak. — Mis*trust"ful*ly, adv. — Mis*trust"ful*ness, n.
Mistrustingly
(Mis*trust"ing*ly), adv. With distrust or suspicion.
Mistrustless
(Mis*trust"less), a. Having no mistrust or suspicion.
The swain mistrustless of his smutted face.
Goldsmith. Mistune
(Mis*tune") v. t. To tune wrongly.
Mistura
(||Mis*tu"ra) n. [L. See Mixture.] (Med.) (a) A mingled compound in which different ingredients
are contained in a liquid state; a mixture. See Mixture, n., 4. (b) Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing
very active substances, and which can only be administered by drops. Dunglison.
Misturn
(Mis*turn") v. t. To turn amiss; to pervert.
Mistutor
(Mis*tu"tor) v. t. To instruct amiss.
Misty
(Mist"y) a. [Compar. Mistier (-i*er); superl. Mistiest.] [AS. mistig. See Mist. In some senses
misty has been confused with mystic.]
1. Accompanied with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as,
misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere.
2. Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight.
The more I muse therein [theology],
The mistier it seemeth.
Piers Plowman. Misunderstand
(Mis*un`der*stand") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misunderstood (- st&oocrd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Misunderstanding.] To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.
Misunderstander
(Mis*un`der*stand"er) n. One who misunderstands. Sir T. More.
Misunderstanding
(Mis*un`der*stand"ing), n.
1. Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception. Bacon.
2. Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel. "Misunderstandings among friends." Swift.
