Incredulity (noun): surprise or disbelief; a state of surprise or disbelief: the announcement of bankruptcy was met with incredulity.
→ The word incredulity is often used with the phrase met with.
IPA: ˌɪn.kɹɪˈdju.lɪ.ti (See IPA key)
Phonetic: in-kruh-DOO-luh-tee
Pop quiz: do you remember the last five words we learned? One question each — answer key at the bottom of this email.
1. INTRINSIC most nearly means
(A) acquired
(B) extrinsic
(C) incidental
(D) inherent
2. FEASIBLE most nearly means
(A) impracticable
(B) arduous
(C) practicable
(D) speculative
3. ANALOGOUS most nearly means
(A) comparable
(B) arbitrary
(C) incongruous
(D) identical
4. INHERENT most nearly means
(A) extrinsic
(B) acquired
(C) intrinsic
(D) incidental
5. DISCREPANCY most nearly means
(A) conformity
(B) inconsistency
(C) ambiguity
(D) approximation
My brother faked a look of shock and incredulity when I showed him the dent in the fender of my car, which I had just lent him.
The police questioned the driver after the accident pretty intensively, but he stuck by his story, even as they continued to express incredulity.
You should have seen the look of incredulity on the father’s face when he opened his cell phone bill that showed that his kids had racked up over $1,000 in charges for text messages (which cost a dime each to send).
Just before retiring I dispatched a final message to the Arkham, with instructions about toning down the day’s news for the outside world, since the full details seemed radical enough to rouse a wave of incredulity until further substantiated. — H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness (1936)
stare in incredulity, look of incredulity, express incredulity, react with incredulity, widespread incredulity
Last-5 quiz answers: 1) D — intrinsic 2) C — feasible 3) A — analogous 4) C — inherent 5) B — discrepancy
Tomorrow we’re learning a word that could describe the agreement implied by a warm smile, but never spoken aloud.
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