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gullible

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gul·li·ble  (gl-bl)
adj.
Easily deceived or duped.

[From gull.]

gulli·bili·ty n.
gulli·bly adv.

gullible
Adjective
easily tricked; too trusting
gullibility n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.gullible - naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love"
naif, naive - marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"
2.gullible - easily tricked because of being too trusting; "gullible tourists taken in by the shell game"
unwary - not alert to danger or deception; "the shrieks of unwary animals taken by surprise"; "some thieves prey especially on unwary travelers"; "seduce the unwary reader into easy acquiescence"- O.J.Campbell

gullible
adjective trusting, innocent, naive, unsuspecting, green, simple, silly, foolish, unsophisticated, credulous, born yesterday, wet behind the ears (informal) easily taken in, unsceptical, as green as grass << OPPOSITE suspicious
Translations
gullible [ˈgʌlɪbl] adjcrédulo

gullible [ˈgʌlɪbl] adjcrédule

gullible [ˈgʌlɪbl] adjleichtgläubig

gullible [ˈgʌlɪbl] adjcredulo/a

gullible
adj gullible [ˈgaləbl]
easily tricked or fooled He is so gullible that he believes everything you tell him. liggelowige سَهْل الإنْخِداع، ساذِج наивен důvěřivý, naivní godtroende leichtgläubig εύπιστος crédulo, simplón kergeusklik زودباور herkkäuskoinen crédule פֶּתִי बुद्धू lakovjeran hiszékeny mudah ditipu trúgjarn credulo, credulone だまされやすい 속기 쉬운 patiklus lētticīgs mudah tertipu gemakkelijk beet te nemen; onnozel godtroende, lett å narre łatwowierny crédulo credul легковерный ľahkoverný, naivný lahkoveren lakoveran lättlurad, lättrogen โดนหลอกง่าย kolay aldanır, aptal 輕信的,易受騙的 легковірний, довірливий آسانی سے بہکاوے میں آ جانے والا cả tin
n gulliˈbility
liggelowigheid غَفْلَه، سَذاجَه، سُهولَة الإنْخِداع наивност důvěřivost godtroenhed die Leichtgläubigkeit ευπιστία credulidad, simpleza kergeusklikkus ساده دلی؛ زودباوری herkkäuskoisuus crédulité פְּתָיוּת बुद्धूपन lakovjernost hiszékenység keadaan tertipu trúgirni credulità だまされやすさ 어리석음 patiklumas lētticība sifat yang mudah tertipu goedgelovigheid godtroenhet, blåøydhet łatwowierność credulidade credulitate легковерность ľahkovernosť lahkovernost lakovernost lättrogenhet ความเซ่อซ่า ahmaklık, aptallık 輕信 легковірність, довірливість بھولاپن tính cả tin


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But still John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, stood deaf and unseeing, suffering the pangs of keen regret for the opportunity that he had wasted because he had been so gullible as to place credence in a single statement of the first lieutenant of his arch-enemy.
There might be treachery lurking beneath their fair appearance; but none who knew The Hawk would be so gullible as to hope to trap him thus.
He was rid of Jacob--he was bound for the Indies, where a gullible princess awaited him.
 
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