incredibility
Quality defying belief
Incredibility is the quality of being impossible or difficult to believe.
The word appears in formal contexts where someone questions whether a claim can be credited: The incredibility of his alibi led to his conviction.
Distinguished from incredulity, which is the state of not believing rather than the quality of being unbelievable.
Disposition toward doubt
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- mistrustLack of faith
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
cynicism · distrust · wariness · hesitation · incredulity · misgivings · dubiousness · implausibility
Overwhelming surprise and wonder
- aweReverent fear and wonder
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- bewildermentState of being baffled
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
surprise · stupefaction · speechlessness · jaw-dropping · thunderstruck · gobsmacked · astounding · staggering
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
distortion · dramatization · overemphasis · puffery · tall-tale · grandiosity · aggrandizement · inflation
skepticism
Disposition toward doubt
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- mistrustLack of faith
uncertainty · cynicism · distrust · wariness · hesitation · incredulity · misgivings · dubiousness · implausibility · unconvincing
amazement
Overwhelming surprise and wonder
- aweReverent fear and wonder
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- bewildermentState of being baffled
shock · surprise · stupefaction · speechlessness · jaw-dropping · thunderstruck · gobsmacked · astounding · staggering · mind-boggling
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
fabrication · distortion · dramatization · overemphasis · puffery · tall-tale · grandiosity · aggrandizement · inflation · sensationalism
- unbelievableinconceivable, implausible, unthinkable, unimaginable, impossible
incredibilitycredibility
Quality inspiring trust
believability · plausibility · credibleness · probability · likelihood
credit, incredible, creed, credible, unbelievable, disbelief, credibility, incredibly, credence