incredulous

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin incrēdulus (“unbelieving”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɹɛdjʊləs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌɪnˈkɹɛ.d͡ʒə.ləs/ === Adjective === incredulous (comparative more incredulous, superlative most incredulous) Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe. [from 16th c.] Expressing or indicative of incredulity. [from 17th c.] (largely obsolete, now only nonstandard) Difficult to believe; incredible. [from 17th c.] 1984, Supreme Court of Illinois, opinion in People v Terrell, 459 N.E.2d 1337,[3] quoted in David C. Brody, James R. Acker, and Wayne A. Logan, Criminal Law,[4] Jones & Bartlett Publishers (2001), →ISBN, page 564, Faced with these facts, we find it incredulous that [the] defendant had any intent other than the armed robbery of the service station. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== incredulity credulous ==== Translations ====