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verb
- 1. be unable to believe: "he seemed to disbelieve her"
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to not believe someone or something: Do you disbelieve me? They said that they disbelieved the evidence. Opposite. believe. Compare. discredit verb formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not believing. (that's) a likely story! idiom. anti-science. anti-scientific. are my eyes deceiving me? idiom. as if! idiom. authority. foot.
: to hold not worthy of belief : not believe. intransitive verb. : to withhold or reject belief. disbeliever noun. Synonyms. discredit. negate. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of disbelieve in a Sentence.
Disbelieve definition: to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in. See examples of DISBELIEVE used in a sentence.
to not believe someone or something: Do you disbelieve me? They said that they disbelieved the evidence. Opposite. believe. Compare. discredit verb formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not believing. (that's) a likely story! idiom. anti-science. anti-scientific. are my eyes deceiving me? idiom. as if! idiom. authority. foot.
When you disbelieve someone, you're unable to trust what they're saying. A detective is likely to disbelieve a suspect who's sweating nervously and not making eye contact.
disbelieve something to not believe that something is true or that somebody is telling the truth. Why should I disbelieve her story? He had come to disbelieve his own assertions. We have no reason to disbelieve the information.
1. verb. If you disbelieve someone or disbelieve something that they say, you do not believe that what they say is true. There is no reason to disbelieve him. [VERB noun] He had never been able to disbelieve it completely. [VERB noun] [Also VERB that] Synonyms: doubt, reject, discount, suspect More Synonyms of disbelieve. 2. verb.
1. (tr) to reject as false or lying; refuse to accept as true or truthful. 2. (usually foll by: in) to have no faith (in): disbelieve in God. ˌdisbeˈliever n. ˌdisbeˈlieving adj. ˌdisbeˈlievingly adv.
Actively deny a statement, opinion or perception. He chose to disbelieve the bad news as inconceivable. Wiktionary. Synonyms: discredit. question. mistrust. doubt. suspect. skeptical. reject. distrust. Antonyms: believe. trust. Origin of Disbelieve. Coined circa 1640, from dis- + believe. From Wiktionary. Disbelieve Sentence Examples.
disbelieve meaning, definition, what is disbelieve: to not believe something or someone: Learn more.
