disbelieve
UK/dɪsbɪˈliːv/
disbelieve verb: to not believe; to exercise disbelief.
Verb
disbelieve (third-person singular simple present disbelieves, present participle disbelieving, simple past and past participle disbelieved)
- To not believe; to exercise disbelief.
- If you disbelieve such people, then keep disbelieving them for as long as you live or want.
- And the Lisbonites did not more disbelieve in, and dream less of their coming ruin, than Cecil did his, […]1867, Ouida [pseudonym; Maria Louise Ramé], “After a Richmond Dinner”, in Under Two Flags: A Story of the Household and the Desert. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 131
- To actively deny (a statement, opinion or perception).
- He chose to disbelieve the bad news as inconceivable.
- To cease to believe.
- And so far as this opinion prevails, we have reason to fear that the important doctrine, of the real Divinity and even of the humanity of Christ, will be gradually disbelieved.1802, The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, and Religious ...
- Elfrida walked slowly upstairs, reviewing what had happened and not happened in the last three, not to say six weeks, and gradually disbelieving the good case that she had made out.1890, Edward Henage Dering, Freville Chase, volume 1, page 37
disbelieve meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic
disbelieve in Tamil
- நம்பாதிரு
disbelieve in Malayalam
- give no credence to, not believe, discredit
- അവിശ്വസിക്കുക, വിശ്വസിക്കാതിരിക്കുക, വിശ്വാസമില്ലാതിരിക്കുക, അംഗീകരിക്കാതിരിക്കുക, സമ്മതിച്ചുകൊടുക്കാതിരിക്കുക, വിശ്വാസയോഗ്യമല്ലെന്നു കരുതി അവഗണിക്കുക
disbelieve in Kannada
- ನಂಬದಿರು, ನಚ್ಚದಿರು, ನಿಜವೆಂದು ಒಪ್ಪದಿರು, ನೆಚ್ಚದಿರು, ಸಂಶಯಾತ್ಮನಾಗಿರು
disbelieve in Arabic
- not believe
- كَذَّبَ kaḏḏaba
Examples of disbelieve in a sentence
- He never "revolted" against Christianity; only, reluctantly and gradually, disbelieved it.1923, David Alec Wilson, Life of Carlyle, volume 1, page 79:
- From the moment he said "I love you" she slowly disbelieved everything he said.1986, Dermot Healy, Fighting with Shadows, page 136:
- Cook's claim was gradually disbelieved, and Cook fell into disfavor and died a pauper in 1940.2007, Robert F. Gorman, Great Events from History: The 20th century, 1901-1940:
Synonyms of disbelieve
Antonyms
Forms of disbelieve
| third-person singular present | disbelieves |
|---|---|
| present participle | disbelieving |
| past participle | disbelieved |
| past | disbelieved |
Origin of disbelieve
Coined circa 1640, from dis- + believe. Compare misbelieve.
Words formed from disbelieve
Questions about disbelieve
- What does disbelieve mean?
- Disbelieve means to not believe; to exercise disbelief.
- What is disbelieve in Tamil?
- Disbelieve in Tamil is நம்பாதிரு. See Disbelieve meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use disbelieve in a sentence?
- He never "revolted" against Christianity; only, reluctantly and gradually, disbelieved it.
- What part of speech is disbelieve?
- Disbelieve is a verb.
- How do you pronounce disbelieve?
- Disbelieve is pronounced /dɪsbɪˈliːv/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of disbelieve?
- The past tense of disbelieve is disbelieved.
Words near disbelieve in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: disbelieve (page history and authors); disbelieve (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disbelieve (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); disbelieve (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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