HyperDic: ingenuous

English > 2 senses of the word ingenuous:
ADJECTIVEallingenuous, artlesscharacterized by an inability to mask your feelings
allingenuous, innocentlacking in sophistication or worldliness
ingenuous > pronunciation
Soundsihnjheh'nyuwahs
Rhymesabacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...
English > ingenuous: 2 senses > adjective 1
MeaningCharacterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious.
Example"an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
Synonymartless
Narrowercandid, open, heart-to-heartopenly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
undistortedWithout alteration or misrepresentation
See alsohonest, honorablenot disposed to cheat or defraud
naive, naifmarked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly / worldly experience
sincereopen and genuine
Oppositedisingenuous, artfulnot straightforward or candid / candid
Spanishingenuo, inocente
Nounsingenuousnessopenly straightforward or frank
Adverbsingenuouslyin an ingenuous manner
English > ingenuous: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaninglacking in sophistication or worldliness.
Example "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
Synonyminnocent
Broadernaive, naifmarked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly / worldly experience
Spanishingenuo, inocente
Catalaninnocent
Nounsingenuousnessthe quality of innocent naivete

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