incredulous

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(ĭn-krĕj'ə-ləs) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Skeptical; disbelieving: incredulous of stories about flying saucers.
  2. Expressive of disbelief: an incredulous stare.

[From Latin incrēdulus : in-, not; see in-1 + crēdulus, believing; see credulous.]

incredulously in·cred'u·lous·ly adv.
incredulousness in·cred'u·lous·ness n.

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incredulous

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adjective

    Refusing or reluctant to believe: disbelieving, questioning, skeptical, unbelieving. See belief/unbelief.

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adj

Definition: unbelieving
Antonyms: believing, convinced, credulous

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Incredulous

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vantro, skeptisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongelovig, scepticsh

Français (French)
adj. - incrédule

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ungläubig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δύσπιστος, καχύποπτος

Italiano (Italian)
incredulo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - incrédulo

Русский (Russian)
недоверчивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - incrédulo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skeptisk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
怀疑的, 不轻信的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 懷疑的, 不輕信的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 쉽사리 믿지 않는, 의심하는 듯한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 容易に信じない, 疑い深い, 疑うような

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شكوكي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא מאמין, מפגין ספקנות, מפקפק‬


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