incredulous
part of speech
adjective (incredulous, more incredulous, most incredulous)
meaning for a pupil
Not able or not willing to believe something; showing that you do not believe it: an incredulous look. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in stories to show a character's surprise and disbelief: «You did WHAT?» she asked, incredulous. Alice is often incredulous at the strange rules of Wonderland. In reading, it describes a reaction, not a thing.
examples
- Alice gave the Hatter an incredulous look. tree →
- «A talking toad?» said the boy, incredulous. tree →
- The crowd was incredulous when the small team won. tree →
- She listened with an incredulous smile. tree →
- Mum was incredulous that I had tidied my room. tree →
- The Rat stared at Toad, incredulous. tree →
- He shook his head, incredulous. tree →
- But Penelope, still incredulous, determined to put him to a sure test. tree →
note
Used for people and their looks or voices. Do not confuse with «incredible» (hard to believe — used for things): the story was incredible, so I was incredulous. Noun: incredulity. Adverb: incredulously.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «incredulous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.