Incredulous - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 incredulous Word family (noun) credibility incredulity (adjective) incredible credible incredulous (adverb) incredibly credibly incredulously From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishincredulousin‧cred‧u‧lous /ɪnˈkredjələs $ -dʒə-/ adjective    BELIEVEunable or unwilling to believe something  ‘You sold the car?’ she asked, incredulous.incredulous look/expression/voice etc  She shot him an incredulous look. —incredulously adverbExamples from the Corpusincredulous• With a flourish he removed the cover and revealed to the incredulous eyes of the staff a feast of sausages and bacon.• In view of the latter's steady, incredulous gaze, I could not blame him.• The announcement was met by incredulous laughter.• "A millionaire!" she was incredulous. "Like hell he is!"• A sob rose in his throat, blending with an incredulous, nervous giggle framed by his lips.• The judges were so incredulous they twice remeasured the length of the course.• I came to sensible awareness; to incredulous understanding.• Everyone looked incredulous when I said I used to drive a taxi.• "You don't have a car?" asked one incredulous woman. Exercises Exercises

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