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disbelieve
[ dis-bi-leev ]
verb (used with object)
- to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in:
to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
verb (used without object)
- to refuse or reject belief; have no belief.
disbelieve
/ ˌɪɪˈː /
verb
- tr to reject as false or lying; refuse to accept as true or truthful
- intrusually foll byin to have no faith (in)
disbelieve in God
Derived Forms
- ˌ徱ˈ𱹾Բ, adjective
- ˌ徱ˈ𱹱, noun
- ˌ徱ˈ𱹾Բly, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- 徱b·İ noun
- 徱b·iԲ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of disbelieve1
Example Sentences
He drips contempt for people who are skeptical that an electromagnetic pulse will soon wipe out New York City, or disbelieve Barack Obama is about to be tried for treason.
Frazzled housewives were a specialty: She was Richard Dreyfuss’ alarmed spouse in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” John Denver’s disbelieving wife in “Oh, God!” and a workaholic mother opposite Michael Keaton in “Mr. Mom.”
Sheen’s remarkable performance dominates this compelling three-part Amazon film, A Very Royal Scandal, as he captures a prince angry and disbelieving at his collapsing status.
As he danced across home plate into the arms of bouncing, disbelieving Dodgers Friday night, the magnitude of his accomplishment was evident in the condition of his uniform.
But the contradictions did not cause jurors to disbelieve her, said Harry MacLean, who wrote about the case in the book “Once Upon a Time: A True Story of Memory, Murder and the Law.”
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