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un·be·liev·a·ble
(ŭn′bĭ-lē′və-bəl)adj.
1. Not to be believed; incredible: an unbelievable coincidence.
2. Astonishing, extraordinary, or extreme: unbelievable rudeness.
un′be·liev′a·bly adv.
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unbelievable
(ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbəl)adj
unable to be believed; incredible or astonishing
ˌunbeˌlievaˈbility, ˌunbeˈlievableness n
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un•be•liev•a•ble
(ˌʌn bɪˈli və bəl)adj.
1. too improbable to be believed.
2. extraordinarily impressive of its kind: an unbelievable performance.
[1540–50]
un`be•liev′a•bly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | unbelievable - beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible" unconvincing, flimsy - not convincing; "unconvincing argument"; "as unconvincing as a forced smile" incredulous - not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving implausible - having a quality that provokes disbelief; "gave the teacher an implausible excuse" unthinkable - incapable of being conceived or considered |
2. | unbelievable - having a probability too low to inspire belief implausible - having a quality that provokes disbelief; "gave the teacher an implausible excuse" |
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unbelievable
adjective
1. wonderful, excellent, superb, fantastic (informal), mean (slang), great (informal), topping (Brit. slang), bad (slang), cracking (Brit. informal), crucial (slang), smashing (informal), magnificent, fabulous (informal), divine (informal), glorious, terrific (informal), splendid, sensational (informal), mega (slang), sovereign, awesome (slang), colossal, super (informal), wicked (informal), def (slang), brill (informal), stupendous, bodacious (slang, chiefly U.S.), boffo (slang), jim-dandy (slang), chillin' (U.S. slang) His guitar solos are just unbelievable.
wonderful bad, terrible, awful
wonderful bad, terrible, awful
2. incredible, impossible, unthinkable, astonishing, staggering, questionable, improbable, inconceivable, preposterous, unconvincing, unimaginable, outlandish, far-fetched, implausible, beyond belief, jaw-dropping, cock-and-bull (informal) I find it unbelievable that people can accept this sort of behaviour.
incredible possible, likely, credible, probable, plausible, believable, trustworthy
incredible possible, likely, credible, probable, plausible, believable, trustworthy
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
unbelievable
adjective1. Not to be believed:
Idioms: beyond belief, contrary to all reason.
2. Not plausible or believable:
3. So remarkable as to elicit disbelief:
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Translations
neuvěřitelný
utrolig
unglaublichunfassbarunfasslich
uskomaton
nevjerojatan
hihetetlen
ótrúlegur
信じられない
믿을 수 없는
neticams
neverjeten
otrolig
ซึ่งไม่น่าเชื่อว่าเป็นจริง
không thể tin được
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
unbelievable
[ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbəl] adj (= amazing) → incroyable
His guitar solos are unbelievable → Ses solos de guitare sont incroyables.
They work with unbelievable speed → Ils travaillent à une vitesse incroyable.
it is unbelievable that ... → c'est incroyable que + subj ...
His guitar solos are unbelievable → Ses solos de guitare sont incroyables.
They work with unbelievable speed → Ils travaillent à une vitesse incroyable.
it is unbelievable that ... → c'est incroyable que + subj ...
(= impossible to believe) [story, idea, statement] → incroyable
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
unbelievable
adj → unglaublich; (inf: = bad) → unglaublich; (= good) → sagenhaft (inf); he has so much talent it’s unbelievable → es ist unglaublich or es ist nicht zu fassen, wie begabt er ist
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
unbelievable
[ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl] adj → incredibileit's unbelievable that ... → è incredibile che...+ sub
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
unbelievable
(anbiˈliːvəbl) adjective too bad, good etc to be believed in. unbelievable rudeness; Her good luck is unbelievable!
ˌunbeˈlievably adverbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
unbelievable
→ لايُصَدَّق neuvěřitelný utrolig unglaublich απίστευτος increíble uskomaton incroyable nevjerojatan incredibile 信じられない 믿을 수 없는 ongelofelijk utrolig niewiarygodny inacreditável невероятный otrolig ซึ่งไม่น่าเชื่อว่าเป็นจริง inanılmaz không thể tin được 难以置信的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009