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DISBELIEVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reject as false; refuse to accept

Synonyms:

disbelieve; discredit

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "disbelieve" is one way to...):

reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disbelieve"):

doubt (consider unlikely or have doubts about)

distrust; mistrust; suspect (regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

believe (accept as true; take to be true)

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