unbelievableness
Quality defying belief
The quality of being difficult or impossible to believe.
Unbelievableness can describe genuine incredibility—the sheer unbelievableness of his escape—or serve as emphatic praise: the unbelievableness of her talent.
The word is cumbersome; speakers usually prefer "how unbelievable" constructions instead.
Overwhelming surprise and wonder
- incredulityInability to accept something
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- aweReverent fear and wonder
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
stupefaction · bewilderment · speechlessness · dumbfoundedness · flabbergast · gobsmacked · thunderstruck · marvel
Quality beyond belief
- improbabilityQuality of being doubtful
- unlikelihoodState of being improbable
- doubtfulnessState of being uncertain
- questionabilityState of being doubtful
preposterousness · fantasticness · absurdity · irrationality · illogicality · bizarreness · outlandishness · ludicrousness
Lack of firm belief
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
questioning · misgivings · wariness · dubiousness · reservation · uncertainty · mistrust · qualm
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
inflation · puffery · grandiosity · theatricality · melodrama · overkill · tall-tale · overemphasis
amazement
Overwhelming surprise and wonder
- incredulityInability to accept something
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- aweReverent fear and wonder
wonder · stupefaction · bewilderment · speechlessness · dumbfoundedness · flabbergast · gobsmacked · thunderstruck · marvel · stagger
incredibility
Quality beyond belief
- improbabilityQuality of being doubtful
- unlikelihoodState of being improbable
- doubtfulnessState of being uncertain
questionability · preposterousness · fantasticness · absurdity · irrationality · illogicality · bizarreness · outlandishness · ludicrousness · ridiculousness
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
scrutiny · questioning · misgivings · wariness · dubiousness · reservation · uncertainty · mistrust · qualm · hesitation
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
dramatization · inflation · puffery · grandiosity · theatricality · melodrama · overkill · tall-tale · overemphasis · sensationalism
unbelievablenessbelievability
Capacity to seem true
credibility · plausibility · credibleness · verisimilitude · likelihood
unbelievablenessordinariness
State of being unremarkable
commonplaceness · mundaneness · unremarkableness · normalcy · usualness
unbelievable, unbelievably, believable, believably, unbelief, believe, believer, believers, believed