incredulous Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- paranoid
- negativistic
- questioning
- cynical
- doubting
- distrustful
- careful
- puzzled
- show-me
- quizzical
- wary
- unbelieving
- curious
- mistrustful
Weak:
Strongest:
- wide-eyed
- positive
- gullible
- sure
- trusting
- ingenuous
- unknowing
- naive
- trustful
- certain
- simpleminded
- na-ve
- innocent
- unsophisticated
- simpleminded
- positive
- gullible
- unworldly
- simple
- unworldly
- credulous
- ingenuous
- unquestioning
- na-ve
- trustful
- unknowing
- wide-eyed
- credulous
- sure
- simple
- naive
- innocent
- confident
- confident
- green
- unquestioning
- trusting
- uncritical
- certain
- green
- unsophisticated
- uncritical
Strong:
- inexperienced
- idealistic
- raw
- idealistic
- callow
- inexperienced
- impractical
- childlike
- callow
- impractical
- raw
- gullable
- gullable
- childlike
Weak:
incredulous Meaning
incredulous (a)
not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
incredulous (a.)
Not credulous; indisposed to admit or accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving.
Indicating, or caused by, disbelief or incredulity.
Incredible; not easy to be believed.
incredulous Sentence Examples
- The students were incredulous at the teacher's claim that the Earth was flat.
- She stared at him incredulously, unable to believe the audacious lie he had just uttered.
- The jury members looked incredulous at the defense attorney's flimsy argument.
- The professor's incredulous expression conveyed his disbelief in their far-fetched theory.
- The paramedics were incredulous when they arrived at the scene of the accident, finding the driver unscathed.
- The audience gasped incredulously as the magician seemingly made the rabbit disappear before their very eyes.
- The scientists were incredulous at the breakthrough discovery that could potentially revolutionize modern medicine.
- The young man's incredulous laughter echoed through the room as he listened to the outlandish tales of the old sailor.
- The CEO was met with incredulous stares from his staff when he announced his plan to fire everyone on a whim.
- The politician's incredulous denial of the allegations against him only served to fuel even more suspicion.
FAQs About the word incredulous
not disposed or willing to believe; unbelievingNot credulous; indisposed to admit or accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving., Indicating,
suspicious, cautious, disbelieving,skeptical, paranoid, negativistic, questioning, cynical, doubting, distrustful
wide-eyed, positive, gullible, sure, trusting, ingenuous, unknowing, naive, trustful, certain
The students were incredulous at the teacher's claim that the Earth was flat.
She stared at him incredulously, unable to believe the audacious lie he had just uttered.
The jury members looked incredulous at the defense attorney's flimsy argument.
The professor's incredulous expression conveyed his disbelief in their far-fetched theory.
