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
This doesn’t work for Alice, however, who goes from disbelief to sabotage to an act of betrayal whose wreckage spills out over the series and blows back on her.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Needless to say, her emotions ran the gamut from disbelief to anger to grief.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 6 June 2026
For Kenny, finally becoming an uncle carried a quiet sense of disbelief as much as joy — a full-circle ending to a process that had demanded so much of both siblings in different ways.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
The Portage, Michigan, native threw up his hands in disbelief after Hamlin bumped him from the pole at his home track.
—ABC News, 6 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for disbelief
Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Needless to say, her emotions ran the gamut from disbelief to anger to grief.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 6 June 2026
For Kenny, finally becoming an uncle carried a quiet sense of disbelief as much as joy — a full-circle ending to a process that had demanded so much of both siblings in different ways.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
The Portage, Michigan, native threw up his hands in disbelief after Hamlin bumped him from the pole at his home track.
—ABC News, 6 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for disbelief
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disbelief
Noun
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Even with widespread skepticism and disregard for health protocols, many in the town are becoming aware of the outbreak's grave reality.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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There also has been widespread skepticism regarding the disease, making the job of medical treatment more difficult for Lokudu and his colleagues, and some of the health workers and first responders have died of the disease.—
Justin Kabumba,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Certainly, there’s no doubt that your environment makes a difference to your wellbeing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The injury casts doubt on her availability for Wimbledon.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Yet over the course of the 40-minute discussion, the statements that drew the most incredulity were Tao’s.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 June 2026
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Farmers are being hailed as heroes for rejecting millions of dollars to turn their land into data centers, while claims of the facilities bringing jobs to the area are being met with incredulity and frustration.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
4 June 2026
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After receiving medical treatment, the driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, Hamilton said.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2026
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One person was injured and taken to the hospital, and a 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault, police said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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But in drawing upon those exact fields of study to reverse the long-term march toward unbelief, the authors appear to have missed the mechanism by which those prior discoveries eroded faith: namely, that people had staked their belief on evidence that was overturned by subsequent data.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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My own passage into and back out of unbelief—one marked by a close reading of works that earlier illiberal societies had attempted to suppress on religious grounds—has strengthened my liberal commitments.—
Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Disbelief.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbelief. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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