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Meanings of incredulous in English

Not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving.

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Examples for "credulous"
1
The English are in general upright and honest, therefore unsuspecting and credulous.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Volume 01
2
The ladies looked a little surprised, and not credulous; and Hester said:
The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories
3
The credulous and confiding are ever the dupes of knaves and impostors.
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets / Or, A ...
4
Many of whom, incidentally, were credulous Europeans who trusted the ratings agencies.'
A week in december
5
He thrilled the credulous tribesmen with tales of his escape and adventures.
Twenty Years of Balkan Tangle
Usage of incredulous in English
1
The fashion world was incredulous: McQueen's approach was considered irreverent and anti-fashion.
The new yorker
2
Ipu's look was incredulous, as if she didn't believe it would happen.
Nefertiti
3
When John called me to tell me the news, I was incredulous.
Between a heart and a rock place: a memoir
4
She caught the note of incredulous contempt in his voice and laughed.
The Marriage of William Ashe
5
You need not look so coolly incredulous; it is a positive fact.
Beulah
6
Flick remained incredulous at the way in which the other followed him.
The Sword of Shannara
7
In provincial France, some were incredulous at the influx of city folk.
Reuters
8
Go on like that with a broken arm? Jondalar asked, looking incredulous.
The Plains of Passage
9
There was amazement in that look and a sort of incredulous horror.
The Adventures of Sally
10
The Mayor was incredulous, the Committee of Fifty showed signs of hesitation.
The Net
11
His jaw jerked in a way it had when he was incredulous.
You Never Know Your Luck; being the story of a matrimonial deser...
12
A roar of incredulous laughter broke from the officers round the table.
The Lion of the North: A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus
13
The soldier boy listened in respectful silence, but he was utterly incredulous.
The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army: A Story of the Grea...
14
To say I nurtured a medieval atmosphere in a modern, incredulous world.
The Martian Chronicles
15
At this point Mrs. Dagon coughed in an incredulous and contemptuous manner.
Trumps
16
She looked at her sister with incredulous eyes and in perfect silence.
The Goose Man
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