Disbelief
noun
The feeling of not being able to believe something.
She stared at him in disbelief when he shared his dramatic news.
Often appears as...
- in disbelief
- stare in disbelief
noun
The feeling of not being able to believe something.
She stared at him in disbelief when he shared his dramatic news.
Often appears as...
- in disbelief
- stare in disbelief
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Pro Tip 1/3Shock and Surprise
Use 'disbelief' to express shock or surprise about something unexpected.
Upon hearing he won the lottery, his face was the picture of disbelief.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive or Negative
Disbelief isn't always negative; it can be a positive reaction to surprising good news.
They received the charity's huge donation with happy disbelief.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always True
'Disbelief' may suggest that the fact is true, but hard to accept.
The scientists looked at the proof of the new discovery in disbelief.
Pro Tip 1/3Shock and Surprise
Use 'disbelief' to express shock or surprise about something unexpected.
Upon hearing he won the lottery, his face was the picture of disbelief.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive or Negative
Disbelief isn't always negative; it can be a positive reaction to surprising good news.
They received the charity's huge donation with happy disbelief.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always True
'Disbelief' may suggest that the fact is true, but hard to accept.
The scientists looked at the proof of the new discovery in disbelief.
Pro Tip 1/3Shock and Surprise
Use 'disbelief' to express shock or surprise about something unexpected.
Upon hearing he won the lottery, his face was the picture of disbelief.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive or Negative
Disbelief isn't always negative; it can be a positive reaction to surprising good news.
They received the charity's huge donation with happy disbelief.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always True
'Disbelief' may suggest that the fact is true, but hard to accept.
The scientists looked at the proof of the new discovery in disbelief.
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How We Can Make the...
may seem a little fanciful. Watch the news every day and the world seems to be going backwards, not forwards. And let's be it's pretty easy to be skeptical about grand announcements coming out of the UN. But please, I invite you to suspend your disbelief for just a moment.
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The shocking danger of...
where the health of entire populations is at stake but you find yourself trapped in this twilight zone of denial and disbelief, what is your moral and ethical obligation? Obviously, scientists are responsible for telling the truth as they see it, based on evidence.
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First person vs. Second...
Second person is a less common choice. It requires the writer to make the reader suspend disbelief to become another “you.” Placing the reader in a character’s perspective can build urgency and suspense. Sometimes, though,
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Become a slam poet in...
movement, emotion. "Vanilla flavoring is the secret to my aunt's pudding. I kick out a few raisins but leave one or two. Life needs some bitter to man up the sweet." His hands reach out like shells to hold our disbelief.
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The gospel of doubt PIPE...
and saw suffering as a necessary act of God and took a text to be infallible truth. Yes, I've come so far that I'm right back where I started. Because it simply is not true to say that we live in an age of disbelief --
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Marco Tempest: A magical...
is just an artful demonstration of dexterity. We are all very good at suspending our disbelief. We do it every day, while reading novels, watching television or going to the movies. We willingly enter fictional worlds
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How science fiction can...
In works that often combine entertainment and social commentary, we are invited to suspend our disbelief and consider the consequences of radical shifts in familiar and deeply engrained institutions. In this sense,
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Meera Vijayann: Find...
So that night, as I sat wondering how I should respond, I found myself filled with doubt. You see, as a writer, I approached this issue as an observer, as an Indian, I felt embarrassment and disbelief,
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Coolest Concert Ever?...
that in the long run is that is the kaboom possibility for ice music to really affect the world the people in the world in in this release of really joy when your disbelief dissolves
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Fact-checking the Bible...
its stories with a kind of willing almost loving suspension of disbelief because if you actually saw the whole thing raw and uncut you would never
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How We Can Make the...
may seem a little fanciful. Watch the news every day and the world seems to be going backwards, not forwards. And let's be it's pretty easy to be skeptical about grand announcements coming out of the UN. But please, I invite you to suspend your disbelief for just a moment.
Video examples
The shocking danger of...
where the health of entire populations is at stake but you find yourself trapped in this twilight zone of denial and disbelief, what is your moral and ethical obligation? Obviously, scientists are responsible for telling the truth as they see it, based on evidence.
Video examples
First person vs. Second...
Second person is a less common choice. It requires the writer to make the reader suspend disbelief to become another “you.” Placing the reader in a character’s perspective can build urgency and suspense. Sometimes, though,
Video examples
Become a slam poet in...
movement, emotion. "Vanilla flavoring is the secret to my aunt's pudding. I kick out a few raisins but leave one or two. Life needs some bitter to man up the sweet." His hands reach out like shells to hold our disbelief.
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The gospel of doubt PIPE...
and saw suffering as a necessary act of God and took a text to be infallible truth. Yes, I've come so far that I'm right back where I started. Because it simply is not true to say that we live in an age of disbelief --
Video examples
Marco Tempest: A magical...
is just an artful demonstration of dexterity. We are all very good at suspending our disbelief. We do it every day, while reading novels, watching television or going to the movies. We willingly enter fictional worlds
Video examples
How science fiction can...
In works that often combine entertainment and social commentary, we are invited to suspend our disbelief and consider the consequences of radical shifts in familiar and deeply engrained institutions. In this sense,
Video examples
Meera Vijayann: Find...
So that night, as I sat wondering how I should respond, I found myself filled with doubt. You see, as a writer, I approached this issue as an observer, as an Indian, I felt embarrassment and disbelief,
Video examples
Coolest Concert Ever?...
that in the long run is that is the kaboom possibility for ice music to really affect the world the people in the world in in this release of really joy when your disbelief dissolves
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Fact-checking the Bible...
its stories with a kind of willing almost loving suspension of disbelief because if you actually saw the whole thing raw and uncut you would never
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K. Flay
American Musician
I'm having this disbelief and dissatisfaction with an establishment that feels like it's moving backward, and I think there's a similar feeling with everyone of my age and in the world of music and artistic stuff. Art is an important way those feelings get expressed and help people process their feelings and opinions.
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John Lithgow
American Actor
It's a delightful thing to do, to entertain kids. They're a completely different audience because of their total lack of irony. You're always after a total suspension of disbelief, but the only people you can really achieve it with is children.
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Richard Dean Anderson
American Actor
You have to suspend disbelief a little bit to buy into your situation and to the story and to how the character will react. You have to tweak your credibility a little bit, is basically what it comes down to.
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Oren Peli
Israeli Producer
For a found-footage-style movie, there's a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it's real. A known actor would get in the way of the suspension of disbelief.
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Rex Stout
American Writer
One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is extremely important to suspend disbelief on that. If you don't, the story is spoiled.
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Jen Sincero
American Author
Maybe, if you put your disbelief aside, roll up your sleeves, take some risks, and totally go for it, you'll wake up one day and realise you're living the kind of life you used to be jealous of.
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Yann Martel
Canadian Author
I like using animals because they help suspend my reader's disbelief. We have certain ideas about dentists. We don't have many ideas about rhinoceros dentists.
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James Nachtwey
American Photographer
If I'm feeling outraged, grief, disbelief, frustration, sympathy, that gets channeled through me and into my pictures and hopefully transmitted to the viewer.
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Holly Hunter
American Actress
I'm not a media personality, I'm an actress. I want to protect that thing: the suspension of disbelief. The rest of it is just distraction.
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W. Clement Stone
American Businessman
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
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K. Flay
American Musician
I'm having this disbelief and dissatisfaction with an establishment that feels like it's moving backward, and I think there's a similar feeling with everyone of my age and in the world of music and artistic stuff. Art is an important way those feelings get expressed and help people process their feelings and opinions.
Quote examples
John Lithgow
American Actor
It's a delightful thing to do, to entertain kids. They're a completely different audience because of their total lack of irony. You're always after a total suspension of disbelief, but the only people you can really achieve it with is children.
Quote examples
Richard Dean Anderson
American Actor
You have to suspend disbelief a little bit to buy into your situation and to the story and to how the character will react. You have to tweak your credibility a little bit, is basically what it comes down to.
Quote examples
Oren Peli
Israeli Producer
For a found-footage-style movie, there's a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it's real. A known actor would get in the way of the suspension of disbelief.
Quote examples
Rex Stout
American Writer
One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is extremely important to suspend disbelief on that. If you don't, the story is spoiled.
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Jen Sincero
American Author
Maybe, if you put your disbelief aside, roll up your sleeves, take some risks, and totally go for it, you'll wake up one day and realise you're living the kind of life you used to be jealous of.
Quote examples
Yann Martel
Canadian Author
I like using animals because they help suspend my reader's disbelief. We have certain ideas about dentists. We don't have many ideas about rhinoceros dentists.
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James Nachtwey
American Photographer
If I'm feeling outraged, grief, disbelief, frustration, sympathy, that gets channeled through me and into my pictures and hopefully transmitted to the viewer.
Quote examples
Holly Hunter
American Actress
I'm not a media personality, I'm an actress. I want to protect that thing: the suspension of disbelief. The rest of it is just distraction.
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W. Clement Stone
American Businessman
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
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