disbelieve v : reject as false; refuse to accept [syn: discredit] [ant: believe]

English

Etymology

dis- + believe

Verb

1. The act of not believing.
2. Actively denying a statement, opinion or perception.

   He chose to disbelieve the bad news as inconceivable.

be skeptical, deny, discredit, distrust, doubt, eschew, gag on, misbelieve, mistrust, negate, not accept, not admit, not believe, not buy, not fall for, not go for, not swallow, question, refuse to admit, refuse to believe, refuse to credit, reject, resist believing, scoff, scorn, scout, suspect, unbelieve