Disbelieving

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disbelieve \Dis`be*lieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbelieved};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbelieving}.]
     Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not
     to be true or actual.
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           Assertions for which there is abundant positive
           evidence are often disbelieved, on account of what is
           called their improbability or impossibility. --J. S.
                                                    Mill.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disbelieving
       adj : denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion;
             "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles" [syn:
             {skeptical}, {sceptical}, {unbelieving}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "disbelieving":
     atheist, atheistic, creedless, faithless, heathen, heretical,
     incredulous, infidel, infidelic, irreligious, minimifidian,
     nonbelieving, nullifidian, pagan, questioning, quizzical,
     repudiative, skeptical, unbelieving, unchristian, unconfident,
     unconverted, unconvinced, without faith