incredulous

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US /ˌɪnˈkɹɛ.d͡ʒə.ləs/ UK /ɪnˈkɹɛdjʊləs/
adj Freq #51500

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    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
    adj

    Expressing or indicative of incredulity.

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

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms incredulously
Derived forms incredulosityincredulouslyincredulousness
Related forms credulousincredulity

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incrēdulus (“unbelieving”).

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