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DISBELIEVING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disbelieving mean?
• DISBELIEVING (adjective)
The adjective DISBELIEVING has 1 sense:
1. denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
Familiarity information: DISBELIEVING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
Synonyms:
disbelieving; sceptical; skeptical; unbelieving
Context example:
a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles
Similar:
incredulous (not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving)
Context examples
He received me in his usual fawning way, and pretended not to have heard of my arrival from Mr. Micawber; a pretence I took the liberty of disbelieving.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
In the first place, she persisted in disbelieving the whole of the matter; secondly, she was very sure that Mr. Collins had been taken in; thirdly, she trusted that they would never be happy together; and fourthly, that the match might be broken off.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
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