as in to deny
to think not to be true or real
many disbelieved the medium's claims that she could communicate with the spirits of the dead
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Maher’s dour mug resembles a Debbie Downer; his only mirth comes from disbelieving or humiliating someone else for having a different point of view.
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Armond White, National Review, 7 June 2024
Cooper will portray the son, who tells his disbelieving family that he has been sent by God to save them from an impending flood.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
The legal term generally means a jury would have to disbelieve one defendant in order to believe the other.
—CBS News, 1 Apr. 2024
As young girls in medical offices, they were touched without consent, yelled at, disbelieved or threatened.
—Johanna Richlin, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 7 June 2024
Cooper will portray the son, who tells his disbelieving family that he has been sent by God to save them from an impending flood.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
The legal term generally means a jury would have to disbelieve one defendant in order to believe the other.
—CBS News, 1 Apr. 2024
As young girls in medical offices, they were touched without consent, yelled at, disbelieved or threatened.
—Johanna Richlin, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Disbelieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbelieve. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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