incredulous UK /ɪnˈkɹɛdjʊləs/US /ɪnˈkɹɛd͡ʒələs/ adjective3 •Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe.Xodar listened in incredulous astonishment to my narration of the events which had transpired within the arena at the rites of Issus. — 1913 •Expressing or indicative of incredulity.Reactions at Sun's campus, an hour's drive from San Francisco, ranged from the fearful to the incredulous. — 2009 •(nonstandard) Difficult to believe; incredible.Why euery thing adheres togither, that no dramme of a scruple, no scruple of a scruple, no obstacle, no incredulous or vnsafe circumstance […]. — 1601 formsmore incredulous · most incredulous