[
US
/dɪsbəˈɫivɪŋ/
]
[ UK /dˌɪsbɪlˈiːvɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /dˌɪsbɪlˈiːvɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles
How To Use disbelieving In A Sentence
- An hour later a delirious and disbelieving Beryl rang again.
- But that was before Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was stripped of the ball at his 25 by cornerback Michael Adams on the first possession of overtime, and before Cardinals linebacker Karlos Dansby took the ball and raced into the end zone as the home fans screamed in disbelieving and unbridled joy. Packers distraught after 'toughest loss' yields win to Cardinals
- Elizabeth interjected, giving her mother a disbelieving stare.
- Jennifer offered a brief narrative but received a disbelieving glance.
- A late night call conveyed the good news to a disbelieving Carmel who proved a very popular winner.
- But Banksy and his crew have stopped bickering with the disbelieving public about factuality for a moment, as they are now embroiled in another dispute, this time with Joachim Levy. ARTINFO: As Oscar Approaches, Swiss Filmmaker Wants His Name on Banksy's Movie Too
- Sharing recently some online leads hinting that the aforementioned Indic word kapr̥t- is fundamentally 'ploughshare' rather than 'penis', I've met some disbelieving resistance. Sowing wild oats and plowing the fields
- They are disbelieving an earlier generation of archaeologists.
- According to doxastic voluntarism, believing and disbelieving are choices that are up to us to make.
- Throughout the trial he evinced a range of carefully calibrated emotions - caustic, sarcastic, disbelieving and, at this moment, outraged.