incredible
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
incredible
- (literal) Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable. [from 15th c.]
- 1980 September 16, 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, 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 ↗:
- (figurative) Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
- He was so wrapped up in watching the incredible special effects that he couldn't keep track of the story.
- (figurative) Marvellous; profoundly affecting; wonderful.
- I had such an incredible slice of pizza last night that I simply can't think about anything else.
- French: incroyable
- German: unglaubhaft, unglaublich
- Italian: incredibile
- Portuguese: inacreditável, incrível
- Russian: невероя́тный
- Spanish: increíble
- French: incroyable
- German: erstaunlich, verblüffend, verwunderlich
- Italian: incredibile
- Portuguese: incrível
- Russian: потряса́ющий
- Spanish: increíble
- French: incroyable
- German: fabelhaft, herrlich, wunderbar
- Portuguese: incrível
- Russian: потряса́ющий
- Spanish: maravilloso, increíble
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