disbelieving
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4.7
- adjective
- /ˌdɪsbɪˈliːvɪŋ/
:
incrédulo
- He could see the panicked, disbelieving faces behind the dusty, grime-smeared windshields.
- disbelieving look
- disbelieving laugh
- disbelieving smile
I want to say here that the community that I had in Hong Kong were very disbelieving of anything that is not mainstream medicine.
- I want to say here that the community that I had in Hong Kong were very disbelieving of anything that is not mainstream medicine.
Examples
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What was with the disbelieving glances?
Fiction book (1998) -
Freiberg gave Dan a disbelieving look.
Fiction book (2001) -
Joey, at the wheel, has a disbelieving look on her face.
Fiction book (1992) -
Then, there was a long, silent, disbelieving moment.
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His mouth dropped open, a disbelieving smile pulling at its corners.
Fiction book (1992) -
Bitterbrush gave him a disbelieving look.
Fiction book (1992) -
There's a kind of nervous, disbelieving laughter.
Fiction book (1998) -
One disbelieving observer asked, "How can one become so oblivious to the painful memories of race?"
Academic text (1992) -
They’re a thousand emotions at once: relieved, disbelieving, terrified, overjoyed.
Fiction book (2001) -
She looked at the unexpected news with a disbelieving expression, unable to accept that it was true.
Synonyms
286
4.2
Not easily believing that something is true
20
6.8
Not able or willing to believe something
12
5.1
Not sure that something is true or will work
2
5.9
Doubting that a specific claim is true, often about religion
Showing doubt about what someone says
Antonyms
How Disbelieving
Surface Forms
Morphology
disbelieving = disbelieve (transparent) = dis + believe + ing
This is a regular adjectival or participial formation from 'disbelieve', and its meaning is directly predictable.
Etymology
The word disbelieving joins the first part dis- (meaning 'not'), seen in words like disagree, with believe ('to accept as true'). So, someone who is disbelieving is 'not believing' and does not accept something as true.