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disbelieve

[ dis-bi-leev ]

verb (used with object)

disbelieved, disbelieving.
  1. to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in:

    to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.



verb (used without object)

disbelieved, disbelieving.
  1. to refuse or reject belief; have no belief.

disbelieve

/ ˌɪɪˈː /

verb

  1. tr to reject as false or lying; refuse to accept as true or truthful
  2. intrusually foll byin to have no faith (in)

    disbelieve in God

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ徱ˈ𱹾Բ, adjective
  • ˌ徱ˈ𱹱, noun
  • ˌ徱ˈ𱹾Բly, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 徱b·İ noun
  • 徱b·iԲ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of disbelieve1

First recorded in 1635–45; dis- 1 + believe
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Example Sentences

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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.

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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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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