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Webster 1913 Edition
Incredible
In-cred′i-ble
,Adj.
Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous.
Why should it be thought a thing
incredible
with you, that God should raise the dead? Acts xxvi. 8.
Webster 1828 Edition
Incredible
INCRED'IBLE
,Adj.
That cannot be believed; not to be credited; too extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief.
Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? Acts.26.
Definition 2024
incredible
incredible
See also: incrédible
English
Adjective
incredible (comparative more incredible, superlative most incredible)
- Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable. [from 15th c.]
- 1980 September 16, Senator John Glenn, quoted in William A. Schwartz et al., The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does, University of California Press (1990, 1993), ISBN 0-520-06134-9, page 29:
- I get lost in what is credible and not credible. This whole thing gets so incredible when you consider wiping out whole nations, it is difficult to establish credibility.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 796:
- He therefore found revealed religion incredible in a literal sense, and, as Bayle had done before him, he radically separated morality from the practice of organized religion.
- 1980 September 16, Senator John Glenn, quoted in William A. Schwartz et al., The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does, University of California Press (1990, 1993), ISBN 0-520-06134-9, page 29:
- Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
- He was so wrapped up in watching the incredible special effects that he couldn't keep track of the story.
- Marvellous; profoundly affecting; wonderful.
- I had such an incredible slice of pizza last night that I simply can't think about anything else.
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too implausible to be credible
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marvellous
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