Crossword clues for disbelief
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disbelief \Dis*be*lief"\, n. The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.
Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the
nature of the thing.
--Tillotson.
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own
littleness that disbelief in great men.
--Carlyle.
Syn: Distrust; unbelief; incredulity; doubt; skepticism. -- Disbelief, Unbelief. Unbelief is a mere failure to admit; disbelief is a positive rejection. One may be an unbeliever in Christianity from ignorance or want of inquiry; a unbeliever has the proofs before him, and incurs the guilt of setting them aside. Unbelief is usually open to conviction; disbelief is already convinced as to the falsity of that which it rejects. Men often tell a story in such a manner that we regard everything they say with unbelief. Familiarity with the worst parts of human nature often leads us into a disbelief in many good qualities which really exist among men.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case. 2 astonishment. 3 The loss or abandonment of a belief; cessation of belief.
WordNet
n. doubt about the truth of something [syn: incredulity, skepticism, mental rejection]
Wikipedia
Disbelief (sometimes decapitalized to "disbelief") is a metal band from Hesse, Germany. Their music is rooted in death metal, but has melancholic tendencies.
Usage examples of "disbelief".
The attendant following on Sumantras heels gasped and muttered an exclamation of disbelief, in Awadhi commonspeak.
Company-Captain Balkar chan Tesh stared at Petty Captain Rokam Traygan in total disbelief.
When the first astonishing heads and busts from Ife and Benin were brought to Europe sixty years ago and were seen to be portraits, or very like portraits, they were greeted with a chorus of disbelief: surely they were Greek or Egyptian or even Portuguese, for Negroes had never done anything like that?
The chimps stood rooted, Biggest grunted and peered in disbelief at the blood that spattered into his upturned hand.
Nate shook his head, looking as if he were fighting disbelief, but actually he was trying to shake the memory of his dream of driving a big cabin cruiser through the streets of Seattle with Amy displayed as the bikinied figurehead.
On the edge of the crowd of mercenaries, Prince Chare and Mayor Cornmonger stood staring at the steam-wreathed pyre, the sodden ashes in disbelief.
We crouched in the entrance to the cavern, me, Proom, a dozen of his people bent protectively over their sacks of crystals, all staring with disbelief into the night.
All of my girls heard me dramatize my dates, twirling squeals of excitement around a core of disbelief.
It was only gradually, over the ten years since Filmer had appeared on the scene, that there had been eyebrows raised, frowns of disbelief, mouths pursed in puzzlement.
I squinted past the footlights to the smoky and inadequately lit room, my anger at Van Ryder dissipating into stunned disbelief as I took in the scene.
It was midafternoon three days later when they finally rode into Hangtown and Hanna sat on the seat staring at everything, her head shaking slightly in disbelief.
They listened in a horrified suspension that was neither belief nor disbelief.
And of course, we could add the Humean point that whilst for Pascal it was a simple two-way question of mass versus disbelief, in the wider world it is also a question of the Koran versus mass, or L.
The jaygee said nothing for a while and then uttered an unconvincing low laugh of disbelief.
Zara stood, staring in disbelief at each other, the study door swung back and the young Khedive stormed out, tears of frustration streaming down his soft face.