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- [uhn-bi-lee-ving]
- /ˌʌn bɪˈli vɪŋ/
- /ʌnbɪˈliːvɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uhn-bi-lee-ving]
- /ˌʌn bɪˈli vɪŋ/
Definitions of unbelieving word
- adjective unbelieving not believing; skeptical. 1
- adjective unbelieving not accepting any, or some particular, religious belief. 1
- adjective unbelieving skeptical 1
- adjective unbelieving If you describe someone as unbelieving, you mean that they do not believe something that they have been told. 0
- adjective unbelieving not believing; sceptical 0
- adjective unbelieving proceeding from or characterized by scepticism 0
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Origin of unbelieving
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English; see un-1, believing
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Parts of speech for Unbelieving
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
unbelieving popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
unbelieving usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for unbelieving
adj unbelieving
- aporetic — Tending to doubt.
- atheistic — Atheistic means connected with or holding the belief that there is no God.
- battle-scarred — adversely affected from the experience of battle, or some other traumatic experience
- been around — in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, etc.: The crowd gathered around.
- changeful — often changing; inconstant; variable
noun unbelieving
- disbelief — the inability or refusal to believe or to accept something as true.
- incredulousness — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- disbeliever — A person who refuses to believe something or who lacks religious faith.
- disbelievers — Plural form of disbeliever.
- discredit — to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
adjective unbelieving
- dissentive — (obsolete) disagreeing; inconsistent.
- doubting — Present participle of doubt.
- incredulous — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- misbelieving — Present participle of misbelieve.
- nonbelieving — Not a believer; in particular, not a member of a specific religious group.
adverb unbelieving
- distrustfully — In a distrustful manner.
- distrustingly — In a distrusting manner.
- doubtingly — In a doubting manner.
- hesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
Antonyms for unbelieving
adj unbelieving
- devout — A devout person has deep religious beliefs.
- goody goody — a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
- goody two shoes — a goody-goody.
- gullible — easily deceived or cheated.
- heart and soul — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
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