[syn: disbelieving, skeptical, sceptical, unbelieving]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unbelieving \Un`be*liev"ing\, a.
1. Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting;
skeptical.
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2. Believing that the thing alleged is not true;
disbelieving; especially, believing that the Bible is not
a divine revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a
supernatural person. "Unbelieving Jews." --Acts xiv. 2.
[1913 Webster] -- Un`be*liev"ing*ly, adv. --
Un`be*liev"ing*ness, n.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unbelieving \Unbelieving\
See believing.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unbelieving
adj 1: rejecting any belief in gods [syn: atheistic,
atheistical, unbelieving]
2: holding that only material phenomena can be known and
knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is
impossible [syn: nescient, unbelieving]
3: denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion;
"a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles" [syn:
disbelieving, skeptical, sceptical, unbelieving]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "unbelieving":
atheist, atheistic, creedless, disbelieving, distrustful, doubting,
faithless, gentile, goyish, heathen, heretical, incredulous,
infidel, infidelic, irreligious, minimifidian, misbelieving,
mistrustful, mistrusting, non-Christian, non-Jewish,
non-Mohammedan, non-Mormon, non-Moslem, non-Muhammadan, non-Muslim,
nonbelieving, nullifidian, pagan, questioning, quizzical,
repudiative, sceptical, skeptical, suspicious, unchristian,
uncircumcised, unconfident, unconverted, unconvinced, unpersuaded,
without faith