Complete Definition of "disbelief"

English

Noun
en-noun

  1. unpreparedness|Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case.

#: She cried out in disbelief on hearing that terrorists had crashed an airplane into the World Trade Center in New York City.

  1. Astonishment.

#: I stared in disbelief at the Grand Canyon.

Synonyms
incredulity

Translations
trans-top|Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case
Finnish: epäusko
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trans-top|Astonishment
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Related terms
unbelief
incredulous

References
R:Webster 1828|disbelief
R:Webster 1913|disbelief
R:Dictionary.com|disbelief

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