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incredulous
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  • Hans couldn't resist an incredulous tone.  (source)
    incredulous = unbelieving
  • "I hope it's Four's landscape." "Why?" I ask. The question comes out too incredulous.  (source)
    incredulous = unbelieving (skeptical)
  • They traveled, spoke with wise men, performed miracles for the incredulous, and owned the Philosopher's Stone and the Elixir of Life.  (source)
    incredulous = unbelieving
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  • His face was more incredulous than angry.  (source)
    incredulous = having difficulty accepting something so unexpected
  • "Aren't you finished yet?" called Ron incredulously.  (source)
  • It didn't sound exactly right to me either, but for some reason, her incredulousness bothered me.  (source)
    incredulousness = disbelief
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
  • He was incredulous, but his voice came out sounding uninterested, ...  (source)
    incredulous = having difficulty accepting something so unexpected
  • "But you accidentally turned your own daughter to gold," Piper remembered. "And you realized how greedy you'd been. So you repented." "Repented!" King Midas looked at Lit incredulously. "You see, son? You're away for a few thousand years, and the story gets twisted all around."  (source)
    incredulously = with disbelief or surprise
  • As Cuaroc worked, and as they talked, Eragon continued to feel a sense of dazed incredulousness.†  (source)
    incredulousness = disbelief
  • "When God wants me, he'll take me," he told an incredulous Pete.  (source)
    incredulous = unbelieving; or having difficulty accepting something so unexpected
  • Spencer stared at Andrew incredulously.  (source)
    incredulously = with disbelief or surprise
  • GEORGE (Feigned incredulousness) You really don't know what to say?†  (source)
    incredulousness = disbelief
  • I recited a verse from the Chubb Rock song as it blared out of the car's speakers. The road lost my mother's full attention momentarily as she stared down at me. She looked incredulous.  (source)
    incredulous = having difficulty accepting something so unexpected
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