Meaning

3 senses
  1. Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe.

    ungläubig, skeptisch

    скептичныйskeptičnyj, недове́рчивыйnedovérčivyj

  2. Expressing or indicative of incredulity.

  3. (nonstandard)Difficult to believe; incredible.

    невероя́тныйneverojátnyj

    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom gave Mary an incredulous look.

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  2. Tom was incredulous.

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  3. He was incredulous of the story.

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  4. Don't be incredulous.

    ruНе будь недоверчивым.

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  5. Tom remained silent, his mouth agape. He was completely incredulous in front of such trickery and bad faith.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
Skeptical, disbelieving:
difficult to believe; incredible:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Skeptical, disbelieving:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin incrēdulus (“unbelieving”).

Borrowed from Latin incrēdulus (“unbelieving”).

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Forms

more incredulous, most incredulous
Comparativemore incredulous Lesson
Superlativemost incredulous Lesson

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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