Both Uses
incredulous
in
1984, by Orwell
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- In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face (to look incredulous when a victory was announced, for example) was itself a punishable offence.
p. 62.3 *incredulous = unbelieving
- The tone of his voice implied at once a complete admission of his guilt and a sort of incredulous horror that such a word could be applied to himself.†
p. 232.8incredulous = unbelieving; or having difficulty accepting something so unexpected
Definitions:
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(1)
(incredulous) unbelieving; or having difficulty accepting something so unexpected
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)