different between disbelief vs headdesk

English

Etymology

dis- +? belief.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?sb??li?f/

Noun

disbelief (usually uncountable, plural disbeliefs)

1. Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case.

2. Astonishment.

3. The loss or abandonment of a belief; cessation of belief.
   • Laikwan Pang (2002) Building a New China in Cinema: The Chinese Left-wing Cinema Movement, 1932-1937, ?ISBN, page 99: “His later left-wing films prevented any pure and strong emotional attachment between the two sexes from gaining narrative momentum, which might reflect his gradual disbelief in romantic love.”
   • Gloria Neufeld Redekop (2012) Bad Girls and Boys Go to Hell (or not): Engaging Fundamentalist Evangelicalism, ?ISBN, page 246: “Just like the disbelief in Santa Claus happens gradually, I wondered if it was similar for people leaving their faith.”

Synonyms

• incredulity

Antonyms

• belief

Related terms

• misbelief
• unbelief
• disbelieve

Translations

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “disbelief”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• disbelief in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “disbelief” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

English

Etymology

head +? desk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?d.d?sk/

Interjection

headdesk

1. Used to express frustration or irritated disbelief, from the tendency of annoyed or irritated people to want to repeatedly bang their heads against their desk.
   • 2008, Shelley Adina, The Fruit of My Lipstick, FaithWords (2008), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Headdesk. Gillian, Gillian. You don't need another chemistry class; you need to go to charm school.

   • 2008, Susie Day, serafina67 *urgently requires life*, Scholastic (2008), ?ISBN, page 154:

     Apparently the reason I am weirded out by the idea of Mum getting porny with Invisible Ray Who May Not Even Exist is because I am afraid this means I am being replaced. Er, dude, I am her daughter? And he is (possibly, depending on invisibility/existingness) her bloke? Not. The. Same. *headdesk*

   • 2010, Susane Colasanti, Something Like Fate, Viking (2010), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     berrygirl: *headdesk* um, i don't know, maybe because we have absolutely nothing in common? at ALL?

Translations

Verb

headdesk (third-person singular simple present headdesks, present participle headdesking, simple past and past participle headdesked)

1. (slang) To bang one's head against the desk in frustration; (by extension) to express annoyance or exasperation.
   • 2011, Jolanta Benal, The Dog Trainer's Complete Guide to a Happy, Well-Behaved Pet, St. Martin's Griffin (2011), ?ISBN, page 145:

     In no time at all you'll be headdesking just like a dog trainer, wailing at people's misinterpretations of their dogs.

   • 2014, Leigh Butler, Re-Reading Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, Tor (2014), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     The only reason I am not actually headdesking at him right now is because I have apparently devoted a disproportionate amount of migraine space to him already, and I wouldn't want to have my indignation at fictional characters distributed unfairly, quelle horreur!

   • 2015, Leah Raeder, Cam Girl, Atria (2015), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     She made them tell her everything, then had Ellis re-explain in layman's terms while I sat there mentally headdesking.

Translations

See also

• headbang