incredible
/ɪŋˈkɹɛdəbəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief.
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "The extinction of a species once so numerous seemed incredible."
- "I get lost in what is credible and not credible. This whole thing gets so incredible when you consider wiping out whole nations, it is difficult to establish credibility."
- "The other may be that they sincerely believed it to be true, demonstrating an almost incredible lack of communication between themselves and their working engineers."
- "He therefore found revealed religion incredible in a literal sense, and, as Bayle had done before him, he radically separated morality from the practice of organized religion."
- "He was so wrapped up in watching the incredible special effects that he couldn't keep track of the story."
- "I had such an incredible slice of pizza last night that I simply can't think about anything else."
Etymology
From Middle English incredible, from Latin incrēdibilis (“that cannot be believed”), from in- (“not”) + crēdibilis (“worthy of belief”), from crēdō (“believe”), equivalent to in- + credible.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ḱerd-, incredible, incrēdibilis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪŋˈkɹɛdəbəl/
- British English: /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbəl/
Inflected Forms
more incredible (comparative)
most incredible (superlative)