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Collocations for disbelief - noun

ADJ.

complete, outright, total, utter | widespread | open | mock
He raised his eyebrows inmock disbelief.
amused, astonished, furious, horrified, shocked, stunned

VERB + DISBELIEF

feel
I felt disbelief first of all, then outrage.
express
The president publicly expressed his disbelief at what had happened.
hide | greet sth with
My stories were greeted with disbelief.
shake your head in, stare/watch in | suspend
If you don''t mind suspending your disbelief, you should enjoy this movie.

PREP.

in ~
We could only watch indisbelief as the car rolled into thewater.
to your ~
To my horrifieddisbelief, the animal was runningtowards me.
~ at
Hilary shookher head in disbelief at the news.

PHRASES

an expression/a look of disbelief
with looks of utterdisbelief on their faces |
suspension of disbelief
The filmversion requires greater suspensionof disbelief than the book.

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