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as in skeptical
inclined to doubt or question claims
incredulous by nature, I'm of course very suspicious of anyone who claims to be able to communicate with the dead
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as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
an incredulous account of alien abduction that the tabloids had a field day with
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Recent Examples of incredulous
The spectacle left many South Africans watching at home incredulous and saw Ramaphosa make his strongest remarks on the matter yet.
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Kate Bartlett, NPR, 15 May 2025
Since being posted, the video has been viewed more than 8 million times and liked by over 160,000 users, leaving viewers both entertained and incredulous.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
As detectives searched the house in the days after the fire, evidence of the incredulous story the young man told in the back of the ambulance began to emerge.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Jens Stoltenberg, who was then secretary-general, was incredulous.
—Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Kate Bartlett, NPR, 15 May 2025
Since being posted, the video has been viewed more than 8 million times and liked by over 160,000 users, leaving viewers both entertained and incredulous.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
As detectives searched the house in the days after the fire, evidence of the incredulous story the young man told in the back of the ambulance began to emerge.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Jens Stoltenberg, who was then secretary-general, was incredulous.
—Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incredulous
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Marilyn Gooch was already skeptical about one of her newest neighbors, xAI’s supercomputing facility, when her cousin walked across the street in June with a blue mailer from the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce.—
Wendi C. Thomas,
ProPublica,
22 Aug. 2025
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Obama Reacts to Gavin Newsom's California Redistricting Play James Talarico's Chances of Beating Colin Allred in Texas Primary—Poll Even voters who once backed Joe Biden and flipped to Trump in 2024 remain skeptical.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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Secretariat won the Belmont by an incredible 31 lengths, and his record time of 2:24 still stands as the fastest of all time.—
Sarah Jean Maher,
New York Times,
23 Aug. 2025
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Both owners reported incredible business for their openings.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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The Girlfriend Prime Video, September 10 Literary bona fides: based on The Girlfriend by Michelle Frances (2017) Robin Wright directs and stars in this psychological thriller, alongside Laurie Davidson, who plays her son, and Olivia Cooke, who plays his new, extremely suspicious girlfriend.—
Emily Temple
August 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Aug. 2025
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Sometimes, borrowers run into an overly suspicious underwriter.—
Jeff Lazerson,
Oc Register,
28 Aug. 2025
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Such retirees will not have to file for bankruptcy protection to shield their future practice income, and there is unlikely to be more than a single creditor so as to forestall an involuntary bankruptcy filing.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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On paper, both appear unlikely filmmaking propositions.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
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Be cautious when corresponding with unfamiliar accounts.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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To be sure, companies are opting for cautious messaging around AI and its labor implications.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
13 Aug. 2025
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Rather interestingly, instead of making off with the loot, the hackers sent the proceeds to addresses with no owners, effectively destroying the value and making recovery impossible, in order to emphasise the political, rather than financial, nature of the raid.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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The hedge is an acceptance that the world is impossible to know accurately.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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What’s unbelievable is how many of these opportunities came to be: through direct messages on Instagram.—
Noah Reardon,
Billboard,
18 Aug. 2025
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And other times like [a] fourth and one stop by the defense, unbelievable play on defense and unacceptable on offense.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
17 Aug. 2025
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Drawing such conclusions from two, admittedly sparkling, performances is ridiculous.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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No Other Choice blends mismatched tones and genre hallmarks in a way that’s typical for Park and yet remains invigorating, leading to a ridiculous look at what happens when the system pushes a person to the very edge of desperation.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Incredulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incredulous. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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