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
Tension and incredulity pulsed through Friday’s sentencing hearing, which spanned more than two hours.
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Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2026
Trump has employed a mix of shifting narratives — minerals, national security, the Nobel Peace Prize — with ambiguous threats and asymmetric weapons (tariffs) to sow confusion, incredulity and fear among allies.
—Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
Officials apparently didn’t feel the same rush of incredulity.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
An air of incredulity is deserved here.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
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Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2026
Trump has employed a mix of shifting narratives — minerals, national security, the Nobel Peace Prize — with ambiguous threats and asymmetric weapons (tariffs) to sow confusion, incredulity and fear among allies.
—Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
Officials apparently didn’t feel the same rush of incredulity.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
An air of incredulity is deserved here.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incredulity
Noun
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In postwar France, Senot remembers facing people’s disbelief and indifference to the fate of those who had been deported.—
Sylvie Corbet,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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MacKinnon’s shot also left forward Parker Kelly, who was watching from the bench, in disbelief.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
14 May 2026
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But midway through their first interview with Djena the agents’ skepticism began to wane.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The decision to run it back has been met with considerable skepticism — and reasonably so.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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“Incredulity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incredulity. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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