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View usage for: (dɪsbɪliːv) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense disbelieves, present participle disbelieving, past tense, past participle disbelieved1. verbIf you disbelieve someone or disbelieve something that they say, you do not believe that what they say is true. There is no reason to disbelieve him. [VERB noun] He had never been able to disbelieve it completely. [VERB noun] [Also VERB that ]Synonyms: doubt, reject, discount, suspect More Synonyms of disbelieve 2. verbIf you disbelieve in something, you do not believe that it exists or that it works. Frank disbelieved in astrology. [VERB in noun] disbelieve in British English (ˌdɪsbɪˈliːv) verb1. (transitive) to reject as false or lying; refuse to accept as true or truthful 2. (intransitive; usually foll by in) to have no faith (in) disbelieve in God Derived forms disbeliever (ˌdisbeˈliever) noun disbelieving (ˌdisbeˈlieving) adjective disbelievingly (ˌdisbeˈlievingly) adverb disbelieve in American English (ˌdɪsbəˈliv; ˈdɪsbəˈliv) verb transitiveWord forms: ˌdisbeˈlieved or ˌdisbeˈlieving1. to refuse to believe; reject as untrue verb intransitive2. to refuse to believe (in) Derived forms disbeliever (ˌdisbeˈliever) noun Examples of 'disbelieve' in a sentencedisbelieve He had read both several times and he had no reason to disbelieve them.The watchman himself had been sceptical of Psalmanaazaar's story from the first, yet he had never been able to disbelieve it completely.In so many things in life, don't we believe and disbelieve at one and the same time?As a sophomore at Arizona State, he had come just as fervently to disbelieve in the ancient ways. Definition to reject (a person or statement) as being untruthful There is no reason to disbelieve his account of the events. Synonyms rejectnot accept mistrust not buy (slang) repudiate scoff at not credit not swallow (informal) give no credence to Additional synonymsDefinition to leave (something) out of account as being unreliable, prejudiced, or irrelevant His theory was discounted immediately. Synonyms disregard, reject, ignore, overlook, discard, set aside, dispel, pass over, repudiate, disbelieve, brush off (slang), lay aside, pooh-poohDefinition to cause (an idea) to be disbelieved or distrusted They realized there would be problems in discrediting the evidence. Synonyms dispute, question, challenge, deny, reject, discount, distrust, mistrust, repudiate, cast doubt on or upon, disbelieve, pooh-poohDefinition to think (something) to be false or doubtful You don't really think he suspects you, do you? Synonyms distrust, doubt, mistrust, smell a rat (informal), harbour suspicions about, have your doubts about Nearby words ofdisbelieve - disavowal
- disband
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- disbelievingly
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