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单词 unbelieving
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Definition of unbelieving in English:

unbelieving

adjectiveˌʌnbɪˈliːvɪŋənbəˈlivɪŋ
  • 1Not believing someone or something; incredulous.

    Drew could only stand there, wide-eyed and unbelieving
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She had the audacity to look unbelieving.
    • We all watched and listened, almost unbelieving, as the tragic event became international news.
    • I blinked, unbelieving, at a churning mass of flames fully 2000-ft across.
    • Unbelieving, he watched the girl jump from the top of the branch with the noose around her neck.
    • We who have had the scene before our eyes are as startled and as unbelieving yet as when we saw it.
    • We called them home and together we all sat frozen, unbelieving, shocked and devastated for the rest of the Sabbath.
    • It seemed clear to me now what she had wanted from me this morning but I had been unbelieving.
    • However, the plot itself seemed thin, with much of it involving fantastical stories told by the main characters to an unbelieving lawyer.
    • Unbelieving, he emailed the casino then emailed them again.
    • The entire neighbourhood had gathered, quite unbelieving of the charge.
    • He was met with an unbelieving public that refused to elect him.
    • Edward, though unbelieving at first, soon sees Lucy's cruelty.
    • I gasped hard, unbelieving at the warmth.
    • Yet every year when Bolton applies for city status and fails, everyone throws their arms up in unbelieving despair.
    • Unbelieving, she tries again: "Are you sure we can't get you anything, you're perfectly welcome?"
    • The pale man looked at the change in his hand and then unbelieving up at the assistant.
    • He systematically builds up the suspense until ultimately the ending comes upon you surprisingly, almost shockingly, leaving you cold and unbelieving.
    • I have known people on the verge of surgery for cancer or bypass surgery who have been declared healed by their unbelieving doctors.
    • Suzan stood there in complete silence, unbelieving, a red hand mark evident on the taller girl's face.
    • Unbelieving, wide-eyed tourists pressed their noses up to the cage to get a better look.
    Synonyms
    faithless, non-believing, agnostic, atheistic, non-theistic, heathen, pagan, infidel, irreligious, unenlightened
    disbelieving, doubting, doubtful, sceptical, cynical, unconvinced, incredulous
    1. 1.1 Having no religious beliefs, or not following a particular religion.
      they were to preach to the unbelieving people
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Paul wrote that it is Satan, not God, who blinds the minds of the unbelieving.
      • But now Jezebel, Israel's unbelieving queen, was after him, and he had to flee for his life.
      • The example of St George, his faith and his courage, are needed today in a wicked and unbelieving world.
      • But the ministers I called on were all unbelieving men and modernists.
      • This does not mean that we are not to have unbelieving friends.
      • Its excommunication banished the unfaithful and unbelieving to the horror of outer darkness forever.
      • The statistics are clear; once the average person becomes a believer in Christ, he or she loses contact with all unbelieving friends within two years.
      • Paul thought that a believer could divorce and remarry if the unbelieving partner called an end to the marriage.
      • Note that Paul spoke to these unbelieving Gentiles about judgement, not the gospel of the grace of God.
      • The fact that it is lacking in the world where it should penetrate the unbelieving, is embarrassing.
      • The latter defect, at least, can be explained as the accustomed reserve of the Christian apologist when writing for hostile or unbelieving readers.
      • Jesus said the unbelieving world will know Christians by their love for each other.
      • This fruit distinguishes us from the unbelieving world all around us.
      • We will be given the same opportunities as other members of the church to give Christian witness in an unbelieving world.
      • In the meantime, they are to be careful not to align with these unbelieving nations, intermarry with them, or worship their false gods.
      • Yet it embraces too many theological elements to be considered merely secular, philosophical, or unbelieving.
      • Yet fire is the portion to which the Christless and unbelieving will come.
      • The unbelieving liberal agenda which the Anglican Bishops have made their very own religion results in this tragedy.
      • How can our unbelieving friends be made to credit the sincerity of our convictions?
      • There is a very great difference between an unbelieving infant and an unbelieving adult.

Derivatives

  • unbelievingly

  • adverbˌʌnbɪˈliːvɪŋliˌənbəˈlivɪŋli
    • Her head swayed from side to side, unbelievingly.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Hannah gaped unbelievingly at what he carried.
      • As I stood there staring disconsolately, unbelievingly, into the pot, what I saw there was not cooking water but a kind of elemental cream of asparagus soup.
      • ‘No,’ Edward said unbelievingly, ‘There's no way.’
      • The boy stared unbelievingly at my lowered weapon.

Rhymes

self-deceiving, weaving

Definition of unbelieving in US English:

unbelieving

adjectiveənbəˈlivɪŋənbəˈlēviNG
  • 1Not believing someone or something; incredulous.

    Drew could only stand there, wide-eyed and unbelieving
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It seemed clear to me now what she had wanted from me this morning but I had been unbelieving.
    • We who have had the scene before our eyes are as startled and as unbelieving yet as when we saw it.
    • However, the plot itself seemed thin, with much of it involving fantastical stories told by the main characters to an unbelieving lawyer.
    • He systematically builds up the suspense until ultimately the ending comes upon you surprisingly, almost shockingly, leaving you cold and unbelieving.
    • The entire neighbourhood had gathered, quite unbelieving of the charge.
    • She had the audacity to look unbelieving.
    • He was met with an unbelieving public that refused to elect him.
    • We all watched and listened, almost unbelieving, as the tragic event became international news.
    • We called them home and together we all sat frozen, unbelieving, shocked and devastated for the rest of the Sabbath.
    • I blinked, unbelieving, at a churning mass of flames fully 2000-ft across.
    • Yet every year when Bolton applies for city status and fails, everyone throws their arms up in unbelieving despair.
    • Unbelieving, he watched the girl jump from the top of the branch with the noose around her neck.
    • Unbelieving, he emailed the casino then emailed them again.
    • Suzan stood there in complete silence, unbelieving, a red hand mark evident on the taller girl's face.
    • Unbelieving, she tries again: "Are you sure we can't get you anything, you're perfectly welcome?"
    • I gasped hard, unbelieving at the warmth.
    • The pale man looked at the change in his hand and then unbelieving up at the assistant.
    • Unbelieving, wide-eyed tourists pressed their noses up to the cage to get a better look.
    • Edward, though unbelieving at first, soon sees Lucy's cruelty.
    • I have known people on the verge of surgery for cancer or bypass surgery who have been declared healed by their unbelieving doctors.
    Synonyms
    faithless, non-believing, agnostic, atheistic, non-theistic, heathen, pagan, infidel, irreligious, unenlightened
    1. 1.1 Having no religious beliefs, or not following a particular religion.
      they were to preach to the unbelieving people
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This does not mean that we are not to have unbelieving friends.
      • Paul thought that a believer could divorce and remarry if the unbelieving partner called an end to the marriage.
      • Yet fire is the portion to which the Christless and unbelieving will come.
      • How can our unbelieving friends be made to credit the sincerity of our convictions?
      • The fact that it is lacking in the world where it should penetrate the unbelieving, is embarrassing.
      • The statistics are clear; once the average person becomes a believer in Christ, he or she loses contact with all unbelieving friends within two years.
      • There is a very great difference between an unbelieving infant and an unbelieving adult.
      • In the meantime, they are to be careful not to align with these unbelieving nations, intermarry with them, or worship their false gods.
      • Its excommunication banished the unfaithful and unbelieving to the horror of outer darkness forever.
      • The unbelieving liberal agenda which the Anglican Bishops have made their very own religion results in this tragedy.
      • Yet it embraces too many theological elements to be considered merely secular, philosophical, or unbelieving.
      • The latter defect, at least, can be explained as the accustomed reserve of the Christian apologist when writing for hostile or unbelieving readers.
      • Paul wrote that it is Satan, not God, who blinds the minds of the unbelieving.
      • But now Jezebel, Israel's unbelieving queen, was after him, and he had to flee for his life.
      • The example of St George, his faith and his courage, are needed today in a wicked and unbelieving world.
      • But the ministers I called on were all unbelieving men and modernists.
      • Note that Paul spoke to these unbelieving Gentiles about judgement, not the gospel of the grace of God.
      • We will be given the same opportunities as other members of the church to give Christian witness in an unbelieving world.
      • Jesus said the unbelieving world will know Christians by their love for each other.
      • This fruit distinguishes us from the unbelieving world all around us.
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