INCREDULOUS: значение слова

[ɪnˈkredjuləs]
прил.

1) недоверчивый, скептический incredulous looks/smiles ≈ скептические взгляды/улыбки Syn : distrustful, mistrustful

2) невероятный Syn : incredible

недоверчивый, скептический - * look недоверчивый взгляд

adjective
Etymology: Latin incredulus, from in- + credulus credulous
Date: 1579
unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true ; not credulous ; skeptical , incredible 1, expressing incredulity , incredulously adverb
Usage: Sense 2 was revived in the 20th century after a couple of centuries of disuse. Although it is a sense with good literary precedent—among others Shakespeare used it—many people think it is a result of confusion with incredible, which is still the usual word in this sense.