as in disbelief
refusal to accept something as true
the teacher's incredulity about the claims in the essay proved to be well-founded
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Recent Examples of incredulity
People throughout the world have watched with incredulity as the Kremlin’s armed forces have marched into Ukraine, reducing entire cities to rubble and displacing millions of people.
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Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2025
Some also expressed incredulity that a city with a giant annual pension bill intended to add 130 new workers as part of its plan and asked why contractors who charged far less couldn’t be used instead.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Flood asks with blinking incredulity as Isidora blazes on to something else.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Adria asked, glimmering with incredulity.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
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Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2025
Some also expressed incredulity that a city with a giant annual pension bill intended to add 130 new workers as part of its plan and asked why contractors who charged far less couldn’t be used instead.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Flood asks with blinking incredulity as Isidora blazes on to something else.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Adria asked, glimmering with incredulity.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Incredulity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incredulity. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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