incredulous

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.

Simplified etymology

Incredulous is recorded from the late 16th century and ultimately derives from Latin credere, meaning “to believe or trust.” It shares this source with credit and several other belief-related words.

Borrowed from Latin incrēdulus (“unbelieving”).

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