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incredulous
incredulousskeptical; disinclined to believe: I’m incredulous of his alibi.
Not to be confused with:incredible – unbelievable; not convincing: His story is incredible.in·cred·u·lous I0092500 (ĭn-krĕj′ə-ləs)adj.1. Skeptical; disbelieving: incredulous of stories about flying saucers.2. Expressive of disbelief: an incredulous stare.
[From Latin incrēdulus : in-, not; see in-1 + crēdulus, believing; see credulous.]
in·cred′u·lous·ly adv.in·cred′u·lous·ness n.incredulous (ɪnˈkrɛdjʊləs) adj (often foll by of) not prepared or willing to believe (something); unbelieving inˈcredulously adv inˈcredulousness nin•cred•u•lous (ɪnˈkrɛdʒ ə ləs)
adj. 1. disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical. 2. indicating disbelief. in•cred′u•lous•ly, adv. in•cred′u•lous•ness, n. syn: See doubtful. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | incredulous - not disposed or willing to believe; unbelievingincredible, unbelievable - beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible"distrustful - having or showing distrust; "a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jeffersoncredulous - disposed to believe on little evidence; "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous" |
incredulousadjective disbelieving, doubting, sceptical, suspicious, doubtful, dubious, unconvinced, distrustful, mistrustful, unbelieving There was a brief, incredulous silence.
believing, trusting, credulous, naive, unsuspecting, gullible, wet behind the ears (informal)incredulousadjectiveRefusing or reluctant to believe:disbelieving, questioning, skeptical, unbelieving.Translationsincredulous (inˈkredjuləs) , ((American) -dʒu-) adjective unwilling to believe. She listened to him with an incredulous expression. 懷疑的 不相信的ˌincreˈdulity (-ˈdjuː-) noun 懷疑 不相信incredulous
Related to incredulous: audacity, thesaurusSynonyms for incredulousadj disbelievingSynonyms- disbelieving
- doubting
- sceptical
- suspicious
- doubtful
- dubious
- unconvinced
- distrustful
- mistrustful
- unbelieving
Antonyms- believing
- trusting
- credulous
- naive
- unsuspecting
- gullible
- wet behind the ears
Synonyms for incredulousadj refusing or reluctant to believeSynonyms- disbelieving
- questioning
- skeptical
- unbelieving
Antonyms for incredulousadj not disposed or willing to believeRelated Words- incredible
- unbelievable
- distrustful
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