incredulous

  • 11incredulous — 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; …

    Universalium

  • 12incredulous — See incredible, incredulous …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 13incredulous — adj. Incredulous is used with these nouns: ↑look …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 14incredulous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. skeptical, unbelieving, dubious; see doubtful 2 , suspicious 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [in KREJ oo lus] unbelieving, skeptical. The cop looked incredulous; clearly he didn t believe the&#8230; …

    English dictionary for students

  • 15incredulous — in|cred|u|lous [ ın kredʒələs ] adjective not able to believe something or not wanting to believe it a. showing that you find something hard to believe: Dan s voice was incredulous. ╾ in|cred|u|lous|ly adverb …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16incredulous — adjective unable or unwilling to believe something: He raised his eyebrows and gave me an incredulous look. incredulously adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17incredulous — adjective Chung was incredulous when the congressman was not more forthcoming in his first broadcast interview about the case Syn: disbelieving, skeptical, unbelieving, distrustful, mistrustful, suspicious, doubtful, dubious, unconvinced; cynical …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 18incredulous — UK [ɪnˈkredjʊləs] / US [ɪnˈkredʒələs] adjective a) not able to believe something, or not wanting to believe it b) showing that you find something hard to believe Dan s voice was incredulous. Derived word: incredulously adverb …

    English dictionary

  • 19incredulous — /ɪnˈkrɛdʒələs / (say in krejuhluhs) adjective 1. not credulous; indisposed to believe; sceptical. 2. indicating unbelief: an incredulous smile. –incredulously, adverb –incredulousness, noun …

  • 20incredulous — Synonyms and related words: Humean, Pyrrhonic, agnostic, cautious, creedless, disbelieving, disinclined to believe, disposed to doubt, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, faithless, guarded, hard of belief, heretical, hesitant, impervious&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus