Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: unbelieving
IPA transcription: [,ʌnbəl'ivɪŋ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: disbelieving, skeptical, sceptical, unbelieving
    Meaning: denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion; "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles"
  • Synonyms: nescient, unbelieving
    Meaning: holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible
  • Synonyms: atheistic, atheistical, unbelieving
    Meaning: rejecting any belief in gods
Usage examples
  • "Is this Mount Olympus?" asks the unbelieving stranger.
  • This man had said, "A wicked, unbelieving Pope who has gained the pontifical chair by bribery is not Christ's Vicar.
  • Nor did the unbelieving king escape without the scourge of Divine severity in chastisement and correction; for he was troubled with frequent fits of madness, and possessed by an unclean spirit.
  • Few words, but they were so solemnly spoken that the most unbelieving were impressed; for the youth laid one hand on the gray head bowed before him, and lifted the other toward heaven, as if calling the Great Spirit to hear his vow.