Definitions for incredulous
ɪnˈkrɛdʒ ə ləsin·cred·u·lous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. incredulousadjective

   not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. incredulousadjective

   Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe.

2. incredulousadjective

   Expressing or indicative of incredulity.

3. incredulousadjective

   Difficult to believe; incredible.

4. Etymology: From incredulus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Incredulousadjective

   Hard of belief; refusing credit.

   Etymology: incredule, Fr. incredulus, Latin.

   I am not altogether incredulous but there may be such candles as are made of salamander's wool, being a kind of mineral which whiteneth in the burning, and consumeth not. Francis Bacon.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. incredulous

   Incredulous refers to someone who is unwilling or unable to believe something, typically showing disbelief or skepticism. It can also describe a feeling of doubt or a state of being unconvinced.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Incredulousadjective

   not credulous; indisposed to admit or accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving

2. Incredulousadjective

   indicating, or caused by, disbelief or incredulity

3. Incredulousadjective

   incredible; not easy to be believed

4. Etymology: [L. incredulus. See In- not, and Credulous.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Incredulous

   in-kred′ū-lus, adj. hard of belief.—ns. Incredū′lity, Incred′ulousness.—adv. Incred′ulously.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of incredulous in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of incredulous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of incredulous in a Sentence

1. Jim McCafferty:

   I would be incredulous if China's GDP growth could continue at the level it's been historically, so I think there's always been an anticipation of some gradual slowdown, but the slowdown of the growth rate is probably less than the market really wants to believe.

2. Tim Farrar:

   In most parts of the world, if you said to someone, your broadband service will cost you 100 U.S. dollars a month, they’d be like, incredulous.

3. Greg Kafoury:

   They were somewhat incredulous that anyone would ask such a question. Of course, they were not asked to pre-pay.

4. Marie Yovanovitch:

   Although I understand that I served at the pleasure of the president, I was nevertheless incredulous that the U.S. government chose to remove an Ambassador based, as best as I can tell, on unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives.

5. David Kenner:

   We're going to file an amended complaint seeking additional remedies, it's incredulous that the university changed its position from yesterday to today, with the only intervening action being the filing of the lawsuit.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=incredulous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Incredulous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=incredulous
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incredulous
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=incredulous