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单词 incredulous
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incredulous

You can ask them to shut up, of course, but they will only look incredulous and then carry right on with renewed vigour.This is greeted with a whoop of incredulous laughter.They matte their humiliations with incredulous laughter.He looked sort of incredulous that anyone would need to ask.There was incredulous laughter across the court as they took the time permitted to them for the change of ends.And when we seemed incredulous he'd look slightly hurt.He said yesterday: 'I was incredulous but managed somehow to keep my temper.He said: 'I am incredulous he did not know what sort of potential yield there was going to be.He said: 'I was incredulous.

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incredulous

British English: incredulous ADJECTIVE
If someone is incredulous, they are unable to believe something because it is very surprising.
'He made you do it?' Her voice was incredulous.
  • American English: incredulous
  • Brazilian Portuguese: incrédulo
  • Chinese: 不轻易相信的
  • European Spanish: incrédulo
  • French: incrédule
  • German: ungläubig
  • Italian: incredulo
  • Japanese: 信じがたい
  • Korean: 못믿겠다는듯
  • European Portuguese: incrédulo
  • Latin American Spanish: incrédulo

(adjective) 
Definition
not prepared or willing to believe something
There was a brief, incredulous silence.
Synonyms
disbelieving
`Is that so?' he asked, in a disbelieving tone.
doubting
sceptical
scientists who are sceptical about global warming
suspicious
He has his father's suspicious nature.
doubtful
Why did he sound so doubtful?
dubious
My parents were a bit dubious about it all.
unconvinced
Most consumers seem unconvinced that the recession is over.
distrustful
Voters are distrustful of all politicians.
mistrustful
Fletcher had become taciturn and mistrustful of the media.
unbelieving
He looked at me with unbelieving eyes.
Opposites
believing
,
trusting
,
credulous
,
naive
,
unsuspecting
,
gullible
,
wet behind the ears (informal)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of distrustful
Voters are distrustful of all politicians.
Synonyms
suspicious,
doubting,
wary,
cynical,
doubtful,
sceptical,
uneasy,
dubious,
distrusting,
disbelieving,
leery (slang),
mistrustful,
chary
in the sense of doubtful
Definition
unsure or uncertain
Why did he sound so doubtful?
Synonyms
unsure,
uncertain,
hesitant,
suspicious,
hesitating,
sceptical,
unsettled,
tentative,
wavering,
unresolved,
perplexed,
undecided,
unconvinced,
vacillating,
leery (slang),
distrustful,
in two minds (informal),
irresolute
in the sense of dubious
Definition
unsure or undecided
My parents were a bit dubious about it all.
Synonyms
unsure,
uncertain,
suspicious,
hesitating,
doubtful,
sceptical,
tentative,
wavering,
hesitant,
undecided,
unconvinced,
iffy (informal),
leery (slang),
distrustful,
in two minds (informal)

Nearby words of
incredulous

  • increasingly
  • incredible
  • incredulity
  • incredulous
  • increment
  • incriminate
  • inculcate

Synonyms of 'incredulous'

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