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disbelieve

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dis·be·lieve  (dsb-lv)
v. dis·be·lieved, dis·be·liev·ing, dis·be·lieves
v.tr.
To refuse to believe in; reject.
v.intr.
To withhold or reject belief.

disbe·liever n.
disbe·lieving·ly adv.

disbelieve [ˌdɪsbɪˈliːv]
vb
1. (tr) to reject as false or lying; refuse to accept as true or truthful
2. (intr; usually foll by in) to have no faith (in) disbelieve in God
disbeliever  n
disbelieving  adj
disbelievingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.disbelieve - reject as false; refuse to accept
reject - refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
doubt - consider unlikely or have doubts about; "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"
distrust, mistrust, suspect - regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
believe - accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

disbelieve
verb doubt, reject, discount, suspect, discredit, not accept, mistrust, not buy (slang), repudiate, scoff at, not credit, not swallow (informal), give no credence to There is no reason to disbelieve his account of the events.
Translations
disbelieve [ˌdɪsbəˈliːv]
A. VT [+ person] → no creer a; [+ story] → no creer
B. VI (esp Rel) → no creer (in en)

disbelieve [ˌdɪsbɪˈliːv] vt [+ person] → ne pas croire; [+ story] → mettre en doute
I don't disbelieve you
BUT Je veux bien vous croire.

disbelieve
vtnicht glauben

disbelieve [ˈdɪsbəˈliːv] vt (person, story) → non credere a, mettere in dubbio
I don't disbelieve you → non è che non ti creda
disbelieve [ˈdɪsbəˈliːv] vt (person, story) → non credere a, mettere in dubbio
I don't disbelieve you → non è che non ti creda

disbelieve
v disbelieve [disbiˈliːv]
not to believe He was inclined to disbelieve her story. nie glo nie; in twyfel trek لا يُؤْمِن، لا يُصَدِّق не вярвам nevěřit mistro; tvivle på nicht glauben δεν πιστεύω, δυσπιστώ poner en duda mitte uskuma باور نکردن olla uskomatta ne pas croire לֹא לְהַאֲמִין विश्वास नहीं करना ne htjeti vjerovati, ne povjerovati nem hisz el vmit tidak mempercayai véfengja non credere 信じない 불신하다 ne(pa)tikėti neticēt; apšaubīt tidak percaya niet geloven, betwijfelen nekte å tro, tvile nie dowierzać descrer a nu crede не верить neveriť dvomiti ne verovati inte tro [], tvivla [] ไม่เชื่อถือ inanmamak 不相信 не вірити; не довіряти ماننے سے انکار کرنا hoài nghi
n disbeˈlief [-f]
the state of not believing She stared at him in disbelief. ongeloof, ongelowigheid تَشَكُّك، عَدَم تَصْديق липса на вяра nedůvěra mistro; tvivl der Unglaube δυσπιστία incredulidad uskumatus ناباوری epäusko incrédulité חוֹסֶר אֵימוּן अविश्वास nevjerica hitetlenség ketidakpercayaan vantrú incredulità 不信 불신 netikėjimas neticība; šaubas ketidakpercayaan ongeloof vantro niewiara descrença neîncredere неверие nedôvera dvom neverica misstro, tvivel ความไม่เชื่อ inanmama 不信 невіра; недовір'я انکار sự thiếu tin tưởng


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The terms honourable, noble, and worthy gentleman, resounded through the room; nay, my landlord himself began to have a better opinion of him, and almost to disbelieve the account which the guide had given.
"One cannot disbelieve facts, Darya Alexandrovna," said he, with an emphasis on the word "facts.
There are stories of her which I would fain disbelieve -- stories that she is sealed to some Gentile.
 
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