verb
- to refuse to believe or accept as true
Examples
- The jury chose to disbelieve the witness’s testimony.
- She disbelieved his excuse for being late.
- Many people disbelieve the conspiracy theory.
- The teacher disbelieved the student’s claim that the dog ate his homework.
- Scientists initially disbelieved the revolutionary discovery.
- He disbelieved everything he read in that unreliable newspaper.