unbelieving en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + believing.
Meanings
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That does not believe; incredulous, skeptical.
The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital.
2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:One Sunday morning I woke up, saying to my sister N., " Do you know, I have had such a vivid dream about the Roper party that I can hardly believe T am awake now." "What did you dream?" said N., in rather an unbelieving and sleepy tone of voice.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 105:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unbelieving | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unbelieving | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
unbelievingly · unbelievingness
Synonyms
Translations (23)
eo nekredema (that does not believe) · uk неві́руючий (that does not believe) · fi epäuskoinen (that does not believe) · ka ურწმუნო (that does not believe) · pt incrédulo (that does not believe) · it incredulo (that does not believe) · sh не̏вјеран (that does not believe) · fr incrédule (that does not believe) · cmn 不信神的 (that does not believe) · bg невя́рващ (that does not believe) · es incrédulo (that does not believe) · sh не̏веран (that does not believe) · sh nȅveran (that does not believe) · gv anchredjuagh (that does not believe) · sh nȅvjeran (that does not believe) · ga díchreidmheach (that does not believe) · ga éigreidmheach (that does not believe) · ja 不信心な (that does not believe) · ga neamhchreidmheach (that does not believe) · ru неве́рующий (that does not believe) · be няве́руючы (that does not believe) · de ungläubig (that does not believe) · ga ainchreidmheach (that does not believe)