Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)An unpreparedness, unwillingness, or an inability to believe that something is the case.

    She cried out in disbelief on hearing that terrorists had crashed an airplane into the World Trade Center in New York City.

    Unglaube

  2. (uncountable, usually)Astonishment.

    I stared in disbelief at the Grand Canyon.

  3. (uncountable, usually)The loss or abandonment of a belief; the cessation of belief.

    a rejection of belief

Examples

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  1. Tom looked at Mary in disbelief.

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  2. Tom stared at Mary in disbelief.

    deTom sah Maria ungläubig an.

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  3. We stared at Tom in disbelief.

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  4. Tom and Mary stared at each other in disbelief.

    deTom und Maria sahen einander ungläubig an.

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  5. Tom shook his head in disbelief.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case:

Forms

plural: disbeliefs
Singulardisbelief

uncountable

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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