disbelief

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ belief

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪsbɪˈliːf/

Noun

disbelief (plural disbeliefs)

1. Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case.

   She cried out in disbelief on hearing that terrorists had crashed an airplane into the World Trade Center in New York City.

2. astonishment

   I stared in disbelief at the Grand Canyon.

Synonyms

• incredulity

Translations

Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case

• Bulgarian: недоверие (bg) (nedoverie) n, скептицизъм (bg) (skepticizǎm) m
• Czech: nevíra (cs) f, ustrnutí (cs) n
• Finnish: epäusko (fi)

• Romanian: necredință (ro) f, neîncredere (ro) f

Astonishment

• Bulgarian: учудване (bg) (učudvane) n
• Czech: úžas (cs) m, ustrnutí (cs) n

• Romanian: uimire (ro) f, surprindere (ro) f

References

• “disbelief” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
• disbelief in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “disbelief” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.