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Disbelief is an English word with synonyms like incredulity or content. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Disbelief meaning

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

Synonyms of Disbelief

incredulity mental object cognitive content content unbelief dubiousness doubtfulness dubiety incertitude uncertainty doubt mental rejection skepticism belief

Using Disbelief

  • The main meaning on this page is: An unpreparedness, unwillingness, or an inability to believe that something is the case. | Astonishment. | The loss or abandonment of a belief; the cessation of belief.
  • Useful related words include: incredulity, mental object, cognitive content, content.
  • In the example corpus, disbelief often appears in combinations such as: in disbelief, disbelief and, of disbelief.

Context around Disbelief

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Disbelief

  • In this selection, "disbelief" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, expressed, sold, utter, play, following and regarding stand out and add context to how "disbelief" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include amount of disbelief regarding each and and in disbelief after being. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "disbelief" sits close to words such as activation, approximate and bashir, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with disbelief

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

But recent comments made on his have many around the league in disbelief. (13 words)

Dear Amy: I read the question from the bride calling herself in total disbelief. (14 words)

Brown hit a Bitter buster for a nearfall and sold disbelief after Vandagriff kicked out. (15 words)

At the risk of downplaying comic book culture and superhero culture, most readers come to these stories understanding they have to suspend a certain amount of disbelief regarding each character and not only their stories, but their names and appearance. (40 words)

AFP identified the participant in the photo as a middle-aged gay man in California who said in a Zoom interview that he was in "disbelief" when a concerned friend showed him one of the abusive posts. (37 words)

But this is also an alternate universe where eighteenth-century musicians play twenty-first-century pop hits and the reigning English monarch is toe-curlingly handsome, so let us feel free to exercise some suspension of disbelief. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Two members of the Mean Girls Junior Musical cast, Garrett Wolfle, taking off his sunglasses in disbelief, and Lucy Silcox, staring in disbelief, play out their parts in a dress rehearsal on Tuesday evening.

A close-knit community has been left “heartbroken and in disbelief” following the tragic death of a doting dad-of-five.

AFP identified the participant in the photo as a middle-aged gay man in California who said in a Zoom interview that he was in "disbelief" when a concerned friend showed him one of the abusive posts.

A Hexham man has described his 'disbelief' after he miraculously won two cars worth a combined total of £80,000 over Christmas.

Alex said he was in disbelief as the a large number of bees, which were flying around him, were unbothered by his presence.

A Muslim woman from Winnipeg says she's shocked, scared and in disbelief after being accosted twice Friday morning.

And after all of Dr. Frankenstein's hard work pays off, he exclaims a simple phrase in both disbelief and celebration.

At the risk of downplaying comic book culture and superhero culture, most readers come to these stories understanding they have to suspend a certain amount of disbelief regarding each character and not only their stories, but their names and appearance.

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Banerjee was arrested as the plotters were rounded up, and those who knew the soft-spoken family man expressed disbelief that he would ever stoop to such crimes.

Brown hit a Bitter buster for a nearfall and sold disbelief after Vandagriff kicked out.

But recent comments made on his have many around the league in disbelief.

But the couple's shock turned to disbelief after they had two more sons, Jesse Joe and Arley Jay, who each arrived on the same date, separated by a few years.

But the look of utter disbelief on Steve Smith’s face in the 28th over of Australia’s innings showed that, in the right hands, an ordinary ball can be coaxed to do extraordinary things.

But this is also an alternate universe where eighteenth-century musicians play twenty-first-century pop hits and the reigning English monarch is toe-curlingly handsome, so let us feel free to exercise some suspension of disbelief.

Church leaders serving up free soup to those in need have been left in disbelief after getting a hoax call from someone claiming to be from environmental health.

Dear Amy: I read the question from the bride calling herself in total disbelief.

During the six years of her asylum process and despite her young age, Imani said she was faced with constant disbelief and hostility by officials who regularly threatened her with deportation.

Even Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand was in complete disbelief after seeing what happened and the referee's decision.

Even when the media sought his comments after the match, the coach appeared at a loss for words, visibly in disbelief.

Expressing disbelief, she revealed that she had already spent the payment she received for the job and felt compelled to proceed with the task.

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Common combinations with disbelief

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "disbelief" in a sentence?
An example: "Two members of the Mean Girls Junior Musical cast, Garrett Wolfle, taking off his sunglasses in disbelief, and Lucy Silcox, staring in disbelief, play out their parts in a dress rehearsal on Tuesday evening." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "disbelief" from authentic English texts.
What does "disbelief" mean?
Disbelief means: An unpreparedness, unwillingness, or an inability to believe that something is the case.
What are synonyms of "disbelief"?
Common synonyms of "disbelief" include: incredulity, mental object, cognitive content, content, unbelief, dubiousness, doubtfulness, dubiety. Plus 6 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "disbelief" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "disbelief", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.