incredible English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable.
* 1980 September 16, (w), quoted in William A. Schwartz et al., The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does , University of California Press (1990, 1993), ISBN 0-520-06134-9, page 29 :
- I get lost in what is credible and not credible. This whole thing gets so incredible when you consider wiping out whole nations, it is difficult to establish credibility.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, page 796:
- He therefore found revealed religion incredible in a literal sense, and, as Bayle had done before him, he radically separated morality from the practice of organized religion.
Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
- He was so wrapped up in watching the incredible special effects that he couldn't keep track of the story.
Marvelous; profoundly affecting; wonderful.
- I had such an incredible slice of pizza last night that I simply can't think about anything else.
Synonyms
* unbelievable
Related terms
* credibility
* credible
* creed
* incredibility
* incredibly
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mesmerize English
Alternative forms
* mesmerise (UK)
Verb
( mesmeriz)
To exercise mesmerism on; to spellbind; to enthrall.
* , chapter=4
, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients
, passage=Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized , like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.}}
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Synonyms
* (exercise mesmerism on) spellbind, hypnotize, enthrall
See also
* hypnotize
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