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# incredulous

«incredulous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not able or not willing to believe something; showing…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (incredulous, more incredulous, most incredulous)

### meaning for a pupil

Not able or not willing to believe something; showing that you do not believe it: an incredulous look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories to show a character's surprise and disbelief: «You did WHAT?» she asked, incredulous. Alice is often incredulous at the strange rules of Wonderland. In reading, it describes a reaction, not a thing.

### examples

- Alice gave the Hatter an incredulous look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulous/#x1)
- «A talking toad?» said the boy, incredulous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulous/#x2)
- The crowd was incredulous when the small team won. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulous/#x3)
- She listened with an incredulous smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulous/#x4)
- Mum was incredulous that I had tidied my room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulous/#x5)
- The Rat stared at Toad, incredulous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulous/#x6)
- He shook his head, incredulous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulous/#x7)
- But Penelope, still incredulous, determined to put him to a sure test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulous/#x8)

### note

Used for people and their looks or voices. Do not confuse with «incredible» (hard to believe — used for things): the story was incredible, so I was incredulous. Noun: incredulity. Adverb: incredulously.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «incredulous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.