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adjective. formal uk / ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs / us / ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs / Add to word list. honest, sincere, and trusting, sometimes in a way that seems silly: It has to be said it was rather ingenuous of him to ask a complete stranger to take care of his luggage. Opposite. disingenuous formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Naive & trusting.
- English (US)
adjective. formal us / ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs / uk / ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs /...
- Znaczenie Ingenuous, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
ingenuous definicja: 1. honest, sincere, and trusting,...
- Traditional
INGENUOUS translate: 天真的;胸無城府的. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- English (US)
adjective. characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious. “an ingenuous admission of responsibility” synonyms: artless. candid, heart-to-heart, open. openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness. undistorted. without alteration or misrepresentation. sincere. open and genuine; not deceitful. naif, naive.
Ingenuous is most often used to describe someone who has a childlike innocence and openness. It should not be confused with ingenious, which typically describes someone who is unusually inventive or clever, or something made or done in an especially original or clever way.
Ingenious means clever or cleverly inventive or resourceful. Ingenuous means sincere or, perhaps more commonly, naive or innocent. Careful: ingenious sounds like genius (the two are often used in the same contexts and even come from the same root) but it’s not spelled ingenius.
adjective. formal us / ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs / uk / ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs / Add to word list. honest, sincere, and trusting, sometimes in a way that seems silly: It has to be said it was rather ingenuous of him to ask a complete stranger to take care of his luggage. Opposite. disingenuous formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Naive & trusting.
adjective. If you describe someone as ingenuous, you mean that they are innocent, trusting, and honest. [formal] He seemed too ingenuous for a reporter. With ingenuous sincerity, he captivated his audience. Synonyms: naive, open, trusting, simple More Synonyms of ingenuous. ingenuously adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective]
Definition of ingenuous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
