adj
Meaning 1
Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
incredulous
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ɪnˈkɹɛdjʊləs/
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US: /ɪnˈkɹɛd͡ʒələs/
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US: /ɪnˈkɹɛdjələs/
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adj
Meaning 2
Expressing or indicative of incredulity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Difficult to believe; incredible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
Qualifier: largely obsolete
Examples
- 1984, Supreme Court of Illinois, opinion in People v Terrell, 459 N.E.2d 1337, quoted in David C. Brody, James R. Acker, and Wayne A. Logan, Criminal Law, Jones & Bartlett Publishers (2001), →ISBN, page 564, Faced with these facts, we find it incredulous that [the] defendant had any intent other than the armed robbery of the service station.
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adjective
Meaning 4
not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: credulous
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incrēdulus (“unbelieving”).
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: недоверчив (nedoverčiv) — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Catalan: incrèdul — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Chinese Mandarin: 可疑的 — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Czech: nevěřící — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Dutch: ongelovig — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Dutch: sceptisch — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Dutch: skeptisch — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Esperanto: nekredema — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Finnish: epäilevä — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Finnish: epäuskoinen — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Finnish: skeptinen — Skeptical, disbelieving
- French: incrédule — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Galician: incrédulo — Skeptical, disbelieving
- German: ungläubig — Skeptical, disbelieving
- German: skeptisch — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Greek: δύσπιστος (dýspistos) — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Greek: σκεπτικός (skeptikós) — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Manx: anchredjuagh — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Persian: ناباور (nâbâvar) — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Portuguese: incrédulo — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Russian: скептичный (skeptičnyj) — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Russian: недове́рчивый (nedovérčivyj) — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Spanish: incrédulo — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Swedish: misstrogen — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Swedish: skeptisk — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Turkish: kuşkucu — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Turkish: septik — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Ottoman Turkish: اینانمز (inanmaz) — Skeptical, disbelieving
- Bulgarian: невероятен (neverojaten) — difficult to believe; incredible
- Czech: neuvěřitelný — difficult to believe; incredible
- Danish: utrolig — difficult to believe; incredible
- Dutch: ongeloofwaardig — difficult to believe; incredible
- Dutch: ongelooflijk — difficult to believe; incredible
- Dutch: ongelofelijk — difficult to believe; incredible
- Finnish: uskomaton — difficult to believe; incredible
- Finnish: epäuskottava — difficult to believe; incredible
- Greek: απίστευτος (apísteftos) — difficult to believe; incredible
- Manx: anchredjallagh — difficult to believe; incredible
- Russian: невероя́тный (neverojátnyj) — difficult to believe; incredible
- Swedish: otrolig — difficult to believe; incredible
- Turkish: inanması güç — difficult to believe; incredible
- Turkish: inanılması güç — difficult to believe; incredible