Incredulous

//ˌɪnˈkɹɛ.d͡ʒə.ləs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe.

    "Xodar listened in incredulous astonishment to my narration of the events which had transpired within the arena at the rites of Issus."

  2. 2
    Expressing or indicative of incredulity.

    "Reactions at Sun's campus, an hour's drive from San Francisco, ranged from the fearful to the incredulous."

  3. 3
    Difficult to believe; incredible. nonstandard

    "Why euery thing adheres togither, that no dramme of a scruple, no scruple of a scruple, no obstacle, no incredulous or vnsafe circumstance […]."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving wordnet

Synonyms

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disbelievingagnosticcautiouscreedlessdisinclined to believedisposed to doubt

Example

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"He was incredulous of the story."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incrēdulus (“unbelieving”).

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