disbelieve
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
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(tr) to reject as false or lying; refuse to accept as true or truthful
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to have no faith (in)
disbelieve in God
Other Word Forms
- disbeliever noun
- disbelieving adjective
- disbelievingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of disbelieve
Example Sentences
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He said he believed the boy was genuinely concerned about the knife, and agreed he had "no reason to disbelieve him".
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
Few of the now grown-up McMartin children have spoken publicly, but some have described the pressure to fabricate stories or disbelieve innocent memories in favor of traumatic ones.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024
When truth is stranger than fiction, it is often easier to disbelieve, at least until the facts make it impossible to ignore reality.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2024
Mr. Johnston said, “You cannot disbelieve the resurrection based on the historical accounts that we have. It is so well attested.”
From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2023
“All I ask, all I ask, is some small minimum of trust, just a little bit of sympathy for all I am trying to do, and instead you disbelieve, you scoff, you mock and jeer.”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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