(not used in the progressive tenses) (formal) to not believe that sth is true or that sb is telling the truth:
[VN] Why should I disbelieve her story? [also V]
disbelieving adjective:
a disbelieving look / smile / laugh
disbelievingly adverb
PHRASALVERBS
disbelieve in sth to not believe that sth exists
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is disbelieve a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, disbelieve is tagged as verb.
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