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Definition of incredulous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

incredulous

adjective
 
/ɪnˈkredʒələs/
 
/ɪnˈkredʒələs/
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  1. not willing or not able to believe something; showing a lack of ability to believe something
    • ‘Here?’ said Kate, incredulous.
    • an incredulous look
    compare credulous
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryIncredulous is used with these nouns:
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    Word Origin16th cent.: from Latin incredulus (from in- ‘not’ + credulus ‘believing, trusting’, from credere ‘believe’) + -ous.
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