unbelievable

Universal Words adjective 1 used to emphasize how good, bad or extreme sth is SYNINCREDIBLE: We had an unbelievable (= very good) time in Paris. * Conditions in the prison camp were unbelievable (= very bad). * We get through an unbelievable amount of food each week. * The cold was unbelievable (= it was extremely cold). * It's unbelievable that (= very shocking) they have permitted this trial to go ahead. 2 very difficult to believe and unlikely to be true SYNINCREDIBLE: I found the whole story bizarre, not to say unbelievable. OPPfor sense 2 BELIEVABLE unbelievably: unbelievably good / hot / painful / stupid * Unbelievably it actually works.