incredible

The definition of incredible is something so unbelievable or so unusual that it is hard to believe.

(adjective)

An example of incredible is someone telling a story about a Sasquatch sighting.

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See incredible in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. not credible; unbelievable
  2. seeming too unusual or improbable to be possible

Origin: L incredibilis

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See incredible in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. So implausible as to elicit disbelief: gave an incredible explanation of the cause of the accident.
  2. Astonishing: dressed with incredible speed.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Latin incrēdibilis

Origin: : in-, not; see in-1

Origin: + crēdibilis, believable; see credible

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Related Forms:

  • in·credˌi·bilˈi·ty, in·credˈi·ble·ness noun
  • in·credˈi·bly adverb

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