incredulous
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incredulous
- /ɪnˈkɹɛdjʊləs/ UK
- /ɪnˈkɹɛd͡ʒələs/ US
- /ɪnˈkɹɛdjələs/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin incrēdulus (“unbelieving”).
adjective more incredulous · most incredulous
- 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.
- Expressing or indicative of incredulity. Reactions at Sun's campus, an hour's drive from San Francisco, ranged from the fearful to the incredulous.
- Difficult to believe; incredible. Why euery thing adheres togither, that no dramme of a scruple, no scruple of a scruple, no obstacle, no incredulous or vnsafe circumstance […].
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adj Skeptical, disbelieving
| Español | incrédulo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 可疑的 |
| Português | incrédulo |
| Français | incrédule |
| Deutsch | ungläubig, skeptisch |
| Ελληνικά | δύσπιστος dýspistos, σκεπτικός skeptikós |
| Русский | скептичный skeptičnyj, недове́рчивый nedovérčivyj |
adj difficult to believe; incredible
| Ελληνικά | απίστευτος apísteftos |
|---|---|
| Русский | невероя́тный neverojátnyj |
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title = {incredulous},
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