incredulous

  • 31incredible / incredulous —    Incredible means astonishing or difficult to grasp : The incredible power of a tornado attracts storm chasers.    Incredulous means skeptical and disbelieving : She was incredulous about Fred s interpretation of the event …

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  • 32be incredulous — index disbelieve, doubt (distrust) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 33incredulity — incredulous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unwilling or unable to believe. DERIVATIVES incredulity noun incredulously adverb …

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  • 34incredulously — incredulous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unwilling or unable to believe. DERIVATIVES incredulity noun incredulously adverb …

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  • 35Incredulity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Incredulity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 incredulousness incredulousness incredulity Sgm: N 1 skepticism skepticism pyrrhonism| =>! Sgm: N 1 want of faith want of faith &c.(irreligion) 989 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N …

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  • 36doubtful — doubtfully, adv. doubtfulness, n. /dowt feuhl/, adj. 1. of uncertain outcome or result. 2. admitting of or causing doubt; uncertain; ambiguous. 3. unsettled in opinion or belief; undecided; hesitating. 4. of equivocal or questionable character:… …

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  • 37unbelieving — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. doubting, skeptical, incredulous; see suspicious 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. skeptical, doubting, disbelieving, scoffing, questioning, suspicious, cynical, dubious, incredulous, agnostic, atheist. ANT.:… …

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  • 38doubtful — doubt•ful [[t]ˈdaʊt fəl[/t]] adj. 1) of uncertain outcome 2) admitting of or causing doubt; uncertain 3) unsettled in opinion or belief; undecided; hesitant 4) cvb of dubious character or value: doubtful tactics[/ex] 5) unlikely; not probable •… …

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  • 39in|cred´i|bly — in|cred|i|ble «ihn KREHD uh buhl», adjective. hard to believe; seeming too extraordinary to be possible; beyond belief; unbelievable: »The hero fought with incredible bravery. Some old superstitions seem incredible to educated people. How has it… …

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  • 40in|cred´i|ble|ness — in|cred|i|ble «ihn KREHD uh buhl», adjective. hard to believe; seeming too extraordinary to be possible; beyond belief; unbelievable: »The hero fought with incredible bravery. Some old superstitions seem incredible to educated people. How has it… …

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