as in skepticism
refusal to accept something as true
their story explaining their absence was met with frank disbelief
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Recent Examples of disbelief
The short float is a high 32% – showing a greater level of disbelief in this company than for most.
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John Navin, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The video quickly spread across social media platforms, drawing both disbelief and sympathy.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Both Ripley and Sky were left in disbelief as Naomi scampered away with the championship.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Despite the win leaving his wife in disbelief, the winner was nonchalant.
—Daniella Segura, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disbelief
John Navin, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The video quickly spread across social media platforms, drawing both disbelief and sympathy.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Both Ripley and Sky were left in disbelief as Naomi scampered away with the championship.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Despite the win leaving his wife in disbelief, the winner was nonchalant.
—Daniella Segura, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disbelief
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disbelief
Noun
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Across Washington, there's a lot of skepticism that Trump's approach, using tough police tactics to solve complex social problems, will work.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
12 Aug. 2025
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And the prevailing anxiety around this arrangement among professional investors might be working to maintain a helpful reservoir of skepticism the tape can perhaps keep feeding from.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There is little doubt that this is a rapidly developing field and that there are tremendous upsides to be had, but at the same time, regrettably, hidden risks and outright gotchas come into these endeavors too.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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In quiet moments of doubt and in public acts of leadership.—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Which means this is a SALT piece, though one written from the perspective of red states, along with incredulity about red staters.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Even just a few years ago, to merely raise the question would have invited incredulity if not laughter, and to dare ask it aloud might have branded you a lunatic.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 July 2025
Noun
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When Rudi’s family arrives at their country house, signs of an intruder spark suspicion.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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Because of that though the suspicion of inauthenticity becomes part of the draw, like a world reoriented to the ontology of professional wrestling.—
Emil Steiner,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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But the indirect benefits seem to reflect a posture against green energy, related to unbelief in climate change, and these lead to support for inefficient energy alternatives like nuclear and geothermal and gas-fired turbines.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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This problem of unbelief has plagued reformers for decades.—
Ervand Abrahamian,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2016
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“Disbelief.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbelief. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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