The announcement has been met with incredulity...
The Vicar looked at him with open-mouthed incredulity.
English dictionary. 2008.
Incredulity — In cre*du li*ty, n. [L. incredulitas: cf. F. incr[ e]dulit[ e].] The state or quality of being incredulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief. [1913 Webster] Of every species of incredulity, religious unbelief is … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
incredulity — I noun amazement, denial, disbelief, discredit, distrust, distrustfulness, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, faithlessness, inability to accept, inability to believe, inconvincability, incredulousness, indisposition to admit,… … Law dictionary
incredulity — (n.) disbelieving frame of mind, early 15c., from M.Fr. incrédulité, from L. incredulitatem (nom. incredulitas), noun of quality from incredulus (see INCREDIBLE (Cf. incredible)) … Etymology dictionary
incredulity — disbelief, *unbelief Analogous words: doubt, dubiety, dubiosity, skepticism, *uncertainty Antonyms: credulity Contrasted words: certitude, *certainty, assurance, conviction: positiveness, cocksureness, sureness (see corresponding adjectives at… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
incredulity — [in΄krə do͞o′lə tē, in΄krədyo͞o′lə tē] n. [ME incredulite < OFr incrédulité < L incredulitas: see IN 2 & CREDULITY] unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt; skepticism SYN. UNBELIEF … English World dictionary
Incredulity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Incredulity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 incredulousness incredulousness incredulity Sgm: N 1 skepticism skepticism pyrrhonism| =>! Sgm: N 1 want of faith want of faith &c.(irreligion) 989 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N … English dictionary for students
incredulity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of belief Nouns 1. incredulity, incredulousness, skepticism; want of faith (see irreligion); doubt, distrust, suspicion, suspiciousness, scrupulosity, unbelief, disbelief; sophistication,… … English dictionary for students
incredulity — noun /ˌɪn.kɹəˈdjuːl.ɪ.ti/ a) Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief. Wide went her eyes in wonder and incredulity, as she beheld this seeming apparition risen from the dead. b)… … Wiktionary
incredulity — in|cre|du|li|ty [ˌınkrıˈdju:lıti US ˈdu: ] n [U] a feeling that you cannot believe something = ↑disbelief ▪ When she told her family she was gay, they reacted with a mixture of shock and incredulity … Dictionary of contemporary English
incredulity — noun (U) a feeling that you cannot believe something; disbelief: Matt s comment brought a look of complete incredulity to Jill s face … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
