incredulous

Definition

Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incrēdulus (“unbelieving”).

Example Sentences

• "Xodar listened in incredulous astonishment to my narration of the events which had transpired within the arena at the rites of Issus."
• "In safe flats and dark restaurants, never the same one twice, we ate quiet meals, exchanged our goods and gazed upon each other with the incredulous contentment that passes between mountaineers when they are standing on the peak."
• "Reactions at Sun's campus, an hour's drive from San Francisco, ranged from the fearful to the incredulous."

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