indisposed to believe

  • 1indisposed to believe — index cynical, inconvincible, incredulous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2Incredulity — (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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  • 3inconvincible — I adjective cynical, disbelieving, disposed to doubt, distrustful, doubtful doubting, dubious, given to suspicion, hard to convince, inclined to suspect, incredulous, indisposed to believe, questioning, skeptical, slow to believe, suspecting,… …

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  • 4incredulous — I adjective disposed to doubt, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, hard to convince, incredulus, indisposed to believe, mistrustful, questioning, skeptical, slow to believe, suspecting, suspicious, unbelieving, unconvinced, untrusting,… …

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  • 5incredulous — incredulously, adv. incredulousness, n. /in krej euh leuhs/, adj. 1. not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical. 2. indicating or showing unbelief: an incredulous smile. [1525 35; < L incredulus. See IN 3, CREDULOUS] Syn.&#8230; …

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  • 6cynical — I adjective acrimonious, apt to distrust, arrogant, caustic, cavalier, censorious, condemnatory, contemptuous, contumelious, critical, decrying, defamatory, defeatist, denunciatory, derisive, derogative, derogatory, despising, disapproving,&#8230; …

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  • 7incredulous — a. Unbelieving, sceptical, disposed to doubt, indisposed to believe …

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  • 8incredulous — in•cred•u•lous [[t]ɪnˈkrɛdʒ ə ləs[/t]] 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 …

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  • 9incredulous — /ɪnˈkrɛdʒələs / (say in krejuhluhs) adjective 1. not credulous; indisposed to believe; sceptical. 2. indicating unbelief: an incredulous smile. –incredulously, adverb –incredulousness, noun …

  • 10disinclined — adj Disinclined, indisposed, hesitant, reluctant, loath, averse mean manifesting neither the will nor the desire to do or to have anything to do with something indicated or understood. Disinclined implies a lack of taste or inclination for&#8230; …

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