What's the difference between disbelieving and incredulous?

Disbelieving


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disbelieve

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It sounds like self-congratulation for disbelieving incorrect forecasts of rain, then proudly stepping into a hailstorm without an umbrella.
  • (2) It happens within a society where we repeatedly hear victims dismissed, belittled and disbelieved at best, or, at worst,blamed for their own assaults.
  • (3) 'I've no reason to believe these rumours or disbelieve them.'
  • (4) I look at him – and the house – disbelievingly.
  • (5) Mixed into that are musings on Darwin and the Catholic church, a tender reflection on the death of her dog Lolabelle, and more than a few corny jokes, delivered with her hypnotic, almost disbelieving pitch.
  • (6) The year after the joint UK-Libyan operations were mounted, Straw told MPs they must disbelieve allegations of UK involvement in rendition "unless we all start to believe in conspiracy theories and that the officials are lying, that I am lying, that behind this there is some kind of secret state which is in league with some dark forces in the United States".
  • (7) Lest you think that the headline does not fairly represent the content of the column, Blackhurst, in explaining why he would never have allowed his newspaper to publish any of the documents from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, actually wrote: If the security services insist something is contrary to the public interest, and might harm their operations, who am I (despite my grounding from Watergate onwards) to disbelieve them?"
  • (8) If you can kill a disbelieving American or European especially the spiteful and filthy French or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be.
  • (9) Discarding the difference with the disbelieving sects, and considering co-existence with them as the true societal bond that the ummah must operate in accordance with in order to preserve its goals, while in reality protection is implemented for the rights of all the communities of disbelief while oppressing the Sunnis and their principles.
  • (10) Last night, Letterman turned his legendary ironic wit on himself , revealing to an unprepared and frankly disbelieving TV audience that he had been the victim of a $2m (£1.25m) blackmail plot.
  • (11) Kill the disbeliever whether he is civilian or military.
  • (12) With the stadium still in disbelieving raptures from the heroics of Jessica Ennis and Greg Rutherford, Farah took to the track to huge cheers knowing that at least a dozen of the 29-strong field were capable of mounting a serious challenge.
  • (13) Judge Thokozile Masipa found no reason to disbelieve Pistorius’s story and convicted him of culpable homicide, the South African equivalent of manslaughter.
  • (14) Clinton’s share of the ballot among union households in Ohio dropped sharply on previous elections as Trump’s focus on jobs and trade resonated with voters who, polls showed, believe international trade takes away US jobs and disbelieved Clinton’s claims of an economic recovery.
  • (15) The report claims that these studies "could not have been clearer" in their description of the situation in Rotherham, adding that the first of these was "effectively suppressed" because some senior officers disbelieved some of its data.
  • (16) But my performance made it impossible for attendees to disbelieve, forcing them to recognise that sexual interactions that are often dismissed as normal are too often instances of sexual violence.
  • (17) I guess this is where the Holocaust really became the Holocaust .” Familiar as we now may be with concentration-camp footage, it might seem hard to realise that there was a good 15-year period after the war where the Holocaust was essentially disbelieved.
  • (18) Well, I'll show you what tough is ..." Whereupon he seized a steak knife and violently stabbed himself in the leg, watched by the disbelieving Ali, who had no idea Reg had a false leg and was reduced to gobsmacked silence.
  • (19) I'm inclined to disbelieve everything he says, but at the bar, another local man says it's true.
  • (20) During a Newsnight interview in December 1999, Bowie found himself evangelising the impact of the internet to a mostly disbelieving Jeremy Paxman.

Incredulous


Definition:

  • (a.) Not credulous; indisposed to admit or accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving.
  • (a.) Indicating, or caused by, disbelief or incredulity.
  • (a.) Incredible; not easy to be believed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) No,” Bale says, laughing and looking almost incredulous.
  • (2) The fact that something very similar happened last year at Wimbledon only fractionally lessens the incredulity at another surprise result.
  • (3) Three years ago, I would have watched these news reports with incredulity.
  • (4) When the White House sent a private message to Tehran last week about its so-called "red lines" in the Strait of Hormuz, the reaction was both puzzled and incredulous.
  • (5) Penetrating questions – probably repeated until he gets an answer – quickfire debate and incredulous facial expressions are likely to be the order of the day.
  • (6) Several delegates were incredulous at claims by the banks that they were ramping up lending to small businesses.
  • (7) Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian For women, such as Sophie, 29, working in the Republic of Ireland but originally from France, the experience is a logistical headache which makes her incredulous about Ireland’s attitude towards women’s rights.
  • (8) This year at least some of the people who think going to the police is a tidy solution may have learned that the police can be incredulous, unresponsive, abusive, or ineffective.
  • (9) - now our stock response to anything met with the slightest incredulity."
  • (10) He did Bright Young Things (2003), directed by Stephen Fry; he played President Paul von Hindenburg in Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003); he was an incredulous Priam in Troy (2004) and Casanova as an old man in the 2005 mini-series starring David Tennant.
  • (11) When I misunderstand a remark about Andrew Mitchell and ask if he felt sorry for the ex-chief whip for losing his job, I get a look of incredulity.
  • (12) The faces here, in contrast to those at the window of remembrance, are jubilant, incredulous.
  • (13) Some will betray flickers of relief or ecstatic incredulity; other faces drop.
  • (14) His T-shirt is soon soaked with sweat and he looks incredulous when told he has sparred 10 rounds.
  • (15) A few days after an incredulous judge threw out the case against Colin Stagg in 1994, I saw the police descend into denial.
  • (16) Remember that two school shooters, Dustin Pierce and Michael Carneal, expressed incredulity at what they had done only moments later.
  • (17) The mere fact that many of the standoff defendants entered into plea deals rather than go to trial suggests that they and their attorneys also felt the government had a very strong case.” There was similar incredulity at the not guilty verdicts in Fort Smith in 1988, as analysts pondered how the government could possibly lose a case against leaders and foot soldiers of the Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Nations, among other organizations, some of whom had previously been proven to have robbed banks and armored trucks, killed people, and openly called for the violent overthrow of the government.
  • (18) You think we did this ourselves?” one asked incredulously, pointing at a line of bullet holes.
  • (19) one asked incredulously, pointing at a line of bullet holes.
  • (20) Kezia Dugdale, the Scottish Labour leader, said she remained incredulous that no one in the SNP knew about the case before now.

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