| ADJECTIVE | all | ingenuous, artless | characterized by an inability to mask your feelings |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | ingenuous, innocent | lacking in sophistication or worldliness |
| Sounds | ihnjheh'nyuwahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious. | |
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| Example | "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" | |
| Synonym | artless | |
| Narrower | candid, open, heart-to-heart | openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness |
| undistorted | Without alteration or misrepresentation | |
| See also | honest, honorable | not disposed to cheat or defraud |
| naive, naif | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly / worldly experience | |
| sincere | open and genuine | |
| Opposite | disingenuous, artful | not straightforward or candid / candid |
| Spanish | ingenuo, inocente | |
| Nouns | ingenuousness | openly straightforward or frank |
| Adverbs | ingenuously | in an ingenuous manner |
| Meaning | lacking in sophistication or worldliness. | |
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| Example | "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it" | |
| Synonym | innocent | |
| Broader | naive, naif | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly / worldly experience |
| Spanish | ingenuo, inocente | |
| Catalan | innocent | |
| Nouns | ingenuousness | the quality of innocent naivete |
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