Incredulous
[ɪn'kredjʊləs] or [ɪn'krɛdʒələs]
Definition
(a.) Not credulous; indisposed to admit or accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving.
(a.) Indicating, or caused by, disbelief or incredulity.
(a.) Incredible; not easy to be believed.
Editor: Rhoda
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unbelieving, sceptical.
Checker: Selma
Definition
adj. hard of belief.—ns. Incredū′lity Incred′ulousness.—adv. Incred′ulously.
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Examples
- Miss Bart made an incredulous gesture. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But to this evidence Louis Moore turned an incredulous ear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- James Harthouse looked at her with an incredulous smile upon his lips; but her mind looked over and beyond him, and the smile was quite thrown away. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- When the strange idea flashed across her that his words had reference to himself, she was incredulous, and ashamed of entertaining it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- To satisfy these incredulous gentlemen, I renewed my applications to His Grace; but they were unattended to, as before. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I never heard of that,' interrupted Monks in a tone intended to appear incredulous, but savouring more of disagreeable surprise. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- George Lamb looked incredulous. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Incredulous crowds watched this visitation from the outer world, marching through the streets. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You would be strangely incredulous if you did doubt it, was my mental comment. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He may be referred to by the incredulous. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The proof that this is the genuine spot where Noah was buried can only be doubted by uncommonly incredulous people. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He left his followers to fight and die as they thought fit, and for a time they were incredulous that he had gone. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But they were so systematically arranged, and his arguments so well supported, that though still in appearance incredulous, she began to fear him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- On hearing this most unexpected sound, Mr. Bumble looked, first incredulous, and afterwards amazed. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I beg your worship's pardon,' said Mr. Bumble, incredulous of having heard aright. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Dallas looked at him again, and then, with an incredulous gesture, passed out of sight under the vaulted doorway. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Elizabeth looked at her sister with incredulous solicitude, but said nothing. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Oh, take a bit of jelly, my dear, said Mrs. Vincy, secretly incredulous of any such refusal. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Still I did not answer, and still I writhed myself from his grasp: for I was still incredulous. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I retraced these things, and shook my head incredulous. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Though suspicion was very far from Miss Bennet's general habits, she was absolutely incredulous here. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- All were still incredulous. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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