Incredulity

Quick meaning: Incredulity is a noun meaning Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.

Meaning

Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.

More Meanings

1. (rare) Religious disbelief; lack of faith.

Example Sentences

Wide went her eyes in wonder and incredulity, as she beheld this seeming apparition risen from the dead.

At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally delight.

It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.

Word Forms

• incredulities

Synonyms for incredulity

Depending on context, synonyms include incredulousness, incredulosity, skepticism, disbelief.

Antonyms for incredulity

Common opposites include credulity.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disbelief, skepticism, scepticism, distrust, mistrust, suspicion.

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