misthrust

misthrust is the pronunciation spelling of mistrust.

Meaning of mistrust

Verb

mistrust (third-person singular simple present mistrusts, present participle mistrusting, simple past and past participle mistrusted)

(transitive) To have no confidence in (something or someone).
- The Britans marching out againſt them, and miſtruſting thir own power, ſend to Germanus and his Collegue, repoſing more in the ſpiritual ſtrength of thoſe two men, than in thir own thouſands arm’d.1670, John Milton, “The Third Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 104
(transitive) To be wary, suspicious or doubtful of (something or someone).
- It is most strange to report what outragious acts […] haue beene committed […] by women especially, that will runne after their husbands into all places, all companies, as Iouianus Pontanus wife did by him, follow him whether soeuer hee goes, it matters not, or vpon what businesse, rauing […]...1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Henry Cripps, Partition 3, Section 3, Member 2, Subsection 1, p. 683
(transitive) To suspect, to imagine or suppose (something) to be the case.
- […] I propheſie, that many a thouſand,
  Which now miſtruſt no parcell of my feare,
  And many an old mans ſighe, and many a Widdowes,
  And many an Orphans water-ſtanding-eye,
  Men for their Sonnes, Wiues for their Husbands,
  Orphans, for their Parents timeles death,
  Shall rue the houre that euer thou...c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
(intransitive) To be suspicious.
- She wuz soft in her complexion, her lips, her cheeks, her hands, and as I mistrusted at that first minute, and found out afterwards, soft in her head too.1887, Marietta Holley, chapter 2, in Samantha at Saratoga, Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, page 46

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Noun

misthrust (plural misthrusts)

A thrust that did not go as intended.
- The weapon passed between the body and one arm of the victim, and the Indian, losing his balance by the force of his misthrust, measured his length on the sand.1900, Gabriel Ferry, An Adventure with the Apaches, page 55
- If anything could occur to bring him to his senses, to impress upon him the necessity of checking the pace of his task, it is this failure, this misthrust, precisely this! Instead of Polonius, had it been the King whom he had stabbed, what would he not have brought upon himself!1907, Karl Werder, The Heart of Hamlet's Mystery, page 151

Adjective

misthrust (comparative more misthrust, superlative most misthrust)

That has been thrust badly.
- It gouged the iridium armor like a misthrust rapier which tears skin but does not pierce the skull.2009, David Drake, The Complete Hammer's Slammers

Forms of misthrust

Verb
third-person singular present	misthrusts
present participle	misthrusting
past participle	misthrusted
past	misthrusted
Noun
plural	misthrusts
Adjective
comparative	more misthrust
superlative	most misthrust

Origin of misthrust

Pronunciation spelling for an Irish accent

From mis- + thrust.

Questions about misthrust

What does misthrust mean?: Misthrust means a thrust that did not go as intended.
What is misthrust the pronunciation spelling of?: Misthrust is the pronunciation spelling of mistrust.
What part of speech is misthrust?: Misthrust can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of misthrust?: The plural of misthrust is misthrusts.

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