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disbelieving

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verb

present participle of disbelieve
as in denying
to think not to be true or real many disbelieved the medium's claims that she could communicate with the spirits of the dead

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disbelieving
Adjective
  • That included 83% of Democrats but just 33% of Republicans, who tend to be more skeptical of climate change.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 6 July 2025
  • Lee also points out North Korea's poor infrastructure and vulnerability to geopolitical fluctuations as reasons to be skeptical about its tourism ambitions.
    Se Eun Gong, NPR, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • After first denying the nonprofit’s request for more time, the state agency in January extended the timeline to allow for construction to complete in October 2026.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
  • According to Mike White logic, the greatest sin isn’t being a mess but wasting your energy in denying rather than dealing.
    Joe Joyce, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, security teams must expand visibility with tools that monitor AI use, flag suspicious behavior and inventory every AI-enabled app.
    Jason Vest, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Why else, the night Mrs. Palit invited us to dinner, did my eyes fall on suspicious dark objects, not much larger than prominent flecks of salt, in the dal?
    Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has silenced critics doubting his Ferrari move after securing the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race victory.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Soon, he was flooded with messages from a group text thread of his best friends, sharing social media posts doubting McCollum.
    CJ Moore, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • One day, the elusive Seth meets the equally alluring but totally living doctor Maggie (Meg Ryan), who is suspicious and unbelieving of the mystical wonders of this world.
    Nathan Smith, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
  • As punishment, God confines them to the desert for 40 years, until the unbelieving generation ...
    Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 10 Sep. 2023
Adjective
  • 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
Adjective
  • Teams tend to be especially cautious with injuries this time of year.
    Garrett Chorpenning, New York Times, 9 July 2025
  • They are known to be cautious and spend most of their time on high rocky slopes mostly inaccessible to humans, making sightings rare.
    Lauren Liebhaber July 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
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“Disbelieving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbelieving. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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