Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unbelieving

/ˌʌnbəlˈivɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: un-be-liev-ing
IPA: /ˌʌnbəlˈivɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That does not believe; incredulous, skeptical.

Example Sentences

"One Sunday morning I woke up, saying to my sister N., " Do you know, I have had such a vivid dream about the Roper party that I can hardly believe T am awake now." "What did you dream?" said N., in rather an unbelieving and sleepy tone of voice."
"The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital."

Etymology

From un- + believing.

Inflected Forms

more unbelieving (comparative) most unbelieving (superlative)

Derived Forms

unbelievingly unbelievingness

Synonyms

nonbelieving disbelieving skeptical sceptical nescient atheistic atheistical

Antonyms

believing

Rhymes With

leaving receiving believing achieving weaving grieving relieving deceiving self-deceiving retrieving heaving perceiving

Questions

How do you pronounce unbelieving?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌnbəlˈivɪŋ/.
What does unbelieving mean?: That does not believe; incredulous, skeptical.
Where does unbelieving come from?: From un- + believing.

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