as in skepticism
refusal to accept something as true
their story explaining their absence was met with frank disbelief
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Recent Examples of disbelief
Even this seasoned mom—whose kids’ school peers include children named after gemstones and weather phenomena—was shaking my head in disbelief.
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
For several seconds after the football dropped in front of Rome Odunze on Thursday at Ford Field, Chicago Bears players stood rooted to the turf in stunned disbelief.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
In , Nicole gasped and put her head in her hands in disbelief.
—Daniella Gray, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
He was whistled for an over-the-back foul, but Hurley disagreed and fell to the ground in disbelief.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 Nov. 2024
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
For several seconds after the football dropped in front of Rome Odunze on Thursday at Ford Field, Chicago Bears players stood rooted to the turf in stunned disbelief.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
In , Nicole gasped and put her head in her hands in disbelief.
—Daniella Gray, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
He was whistled for an over-the-back foul, but Hurley disagreed and fell to the ground in disbelief.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disbelief
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Jeff expresses profound skepticism, and warns them to prepare themselves for the worst.Joe Leydon, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
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Therefore, simply promoting AI as the next big thing in the strategic plan might be met with skepticism.Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The path forward was cast into doubt by Trump's statement, with speculation growing that Johnson would scrap the original version of the bill and bring up a narrower funding extension that includes disaster relief.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
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On Tuesday, Reuters reported that eight Republican senators had expressed doubts about Trump's nomination of Gabbard to lead the nation's intelligence community.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Americans respond to this sentiment with a mixture of incredulity and exasperation.Minxin Pei, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
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Through seven presidential administrations, his edgy rasp essayed the perfect pitch of national incredulity, always with subtle phrasing and precise shading.Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024
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This suspicion can lead to widespread distrust in leadership and a decline in team cohesion.Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Park, the impeached justice minister, has faced suspicions raised by the opposition that he was involved in the planning and execution of Yoon’s martial law decree.Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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This problem of unbelief has plagued reformers for decades.Ervand Abrahamian, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2016
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The historical abnormality of modern-day unbelief was a theme of Pope Benedict XVI’s in the years before, during, and after his pontificate.Katherine Howell, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
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“Disbelief.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbelief. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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