unbelievable

unbelievable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ believable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌnbəˈliːvəbl̩/

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Adjective

unbelievable (comparative more unbelievable, superlative most unbelievable)

1. Not to be believed.
2. Incredible; so surprising it is almost unable to believe.

   The most unbelievable thing happened to me today!

   This restaurant makes unbelievable pizza!

3. Implausible or improbable.

   His excuse seems rather unbelievable.

   Synonyms: improbable, infeasible, unlikely

   Antonyms: feasible, likely, plausible, probable

Translations

incredible

Afrikaans: ongelooflike Arabic: لا يصدق‎ Azerbaijani: inanılmaz, ağlasığmaz Basque: sinestezin Catalan: increïble (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 不可思議 (zh), 不可思议 (zh) (bùkěsīyì) Czech: neuvěřitelný (cs) Danish: utrolig Dutch: ongelofelijk (nl) Esperanto: nekredebla (eo) Finnish: uskomaton (fi) French: incroyable (fr) m or f Georgian: დაუჯერებელი (dauǯerebeli) German: unglaublich (de) Hungarian: hihetetlen (hu) Icelandic: ótrúlegur (is) m

Irish: dochreidte Italian: incredibile (it) m or f Japanese: 信じられない (ja) (しんじられない, shinjirarenai) Latin: incredibilis (la) Manx: neuchredjallagh Navajo: doojóódląʼda Norwegian: Bokmål: utrolig Polish: niewiarygodny (pl) m, niebywały (pl) m Portuguese: inacreditável (pt), incrível (pt) Romanian: incredibil (ro), de necrezut Russian: невероя́тный (ru) (neverojátnyj) Spanish: increíble (es) Swedish: otrolig (sv) Telugu: నమ్మలేని (nammalēni) Turkish: inanılmaz (tr)

implausible

Albanian: pabesueshëm (sq) Catalan: increïble (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 難以置信 (zh), 难以置信 (zh) (nányǐzhìxìn) Dutch: ongeloofwaardig (nl) Esperanto: nekredebla (eo) Finnish: epäuskottava (fi) French: incroyable (fr) m or f German: unglaubhaft, unglaubwürdig (de)

Hungarian: hihetetlen (hu) Icelandic: ósennilegur m Latin: incredibilis (la) Norwegian: Bokmål: usannsynlig Polish: niewiarygodny (pl) m Portuguese: inacreditável (pt) Russian: неправдоподо́бный (ru) (nepravdopodóbnyj) Swedish: osannolik (sv)