Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - incredulous
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adjective Etymology: Latin incredulus, from in- + credulus credulous Date: 1579 1. unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true ; not credulous ; skeptical 2. incredible 1 3. expressing incredulity an ~ stare • ~ly adverb Usage: Sense 2 was revived in the 20th century after a couple of centuries of disuse. Although it is a sense with good literary precedent—among others Shakespeare used it—many people think it is a result of confusion with incredible, which is still the usual word in this sense. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. (often foll. by of) unwilling to believe. Derivatives incredulity n. incredulously adv. incredulousness n. Etymology: L incredulus (as IN-(1), CREDULOUS) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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adj. недоверчивый, скептический incredulous looks/smiles - скептические взгляды/улыбки ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ adj unable or unwilling to believe something (He raised his eyebrows and gave me an incredulous look.) - incredulously adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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