Incredulous Definition

ĭn-krĕjə-ləs
adjective
Unwilling or unable to believe; doubting; skeptical.
Webster's New World
Showing doubt or disbelief.
An incredulous look.
Webster's New World

Expressing or indicative of incredulity. [from 17th c.]

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1984, Supreme Court of Illinois, opinion in People v Terrell, 459 N.E.2d 1337, quoted in David C. Brody, James R. Acker, and Wayne A. Logan, Criminal Law, Jones & Bartlett Publishers (2001), ISBN 0-8342-1083-5, page 564,
Faced with these facts, we find it incredulous that [the] defendant had any intent other than the armed robbery of the service station.
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Origin of Incredulous

  • From Latin incrēdulus in- not in–1 crēdulus believing credulous

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin incredulus (“unbelieving”).

    From Wiktionary

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