Meaning of Disbelief | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An unpreparedness, unwillingness, or an inability to believe that something is the case.
   uncountable, usually
2. Astonishment.
   uncountable, usually
3. The loss or abandonment of a belief; the cessation of belief.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“She cried out in disbelief on hearing that terrorists had crashed an airplane into the World Trade⟳ Center in New York City.”

“I stared in disbelief at the Grand Canyon.”

“There is an agony of suffering in that lingering doubt⟳ which haunts the human soul in the beginnings of disbelief.”

“No adolescent can achieve⟳ disbelief in the stork without an eruption of young oaths and cynicisms.”

“His later left-wing films prevented any pure and strong emotional attachment between the two sexes from gaining narrative momentum, which might reflect⟳ his gradual disbelief in romantic love⟳.”

“Just like⟳ the disbelief in Santa Claus happens gradually, I wondered if it was similar for people leaving their faith.”

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