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View usage for: (gʌlɪbəl) adjectiveIf you describe someone as gullible, you mean they are easily tricked because they are too trusting. What point is there in admitting that the stories fed to the gullible public werefalse? I'm so gullible I would have believed him. Synonyms: trusting, innocent, naive, unsuspecting More Synonyms of gullible gullibility (gʌləbɪlɪti) uncountable noun [oft with poss] Was she taking part of the blame for her own gullibility? Synonyms: credulity, innocence, naïveté, blind faith More Synonyms of gullible gullible in British English (ˈɡʌləbəl) adjectiveeasily taken in or tricked Derived forms gullibility (ˌgulliˈbility) noun gullibly (ˈgullibly) adverb gullible in American English (ˈgʌləbəl) adjective easily cheated or tricked; credulous : also ; Rare ˈgullable Derived forms gullibility (ˌgulliˈbility) noun gullibly (ˈgullibly) adverb Word origin , gull 2 verb transitive + -ible Examples of 'gullible' in a sentencegullible For gullible people to accept lies on behalf of the British public is unacceptable.It is just another way to pinch money off gullible people.Something not unlike strawberry jam glued to the inside of the spaceship would be all that was left of the gullible fool.In return for food, cats lease their services to gullible people.But that is to misunderstand its adherents: they are not gullible fools.These people were not gullible.It is this sort of overblown idealistic rhetoric that makes me worry - and the evidence that people are gullible enough to swallow it.But it was enough to fool gullible TV producers.If people weren't such gullible fools, these firms would be out of business. In other languagesgullible British English: gullible ADJECTIVE If you describe someone as gullible, you mean they are easily tricked because they are too trusting. What point is there in admitting that the stories fed to the gullible public were false? - American English: gullible
- Brazilian Portuguese: crédulo
- Chinese: 轻信的
- European Spanish: crédulo
- French: crédule
- German: leichtgläubig
- Italian: credulo
- Japanese: だまされやすい
- Korean: 잘 속는
- European Portuguese: crédulo
- Latin American Spanish: crédulo
Chinese translation of 'gullible' adj -
易上当(當)的 (yì shàngdàng de)
Definition easily tricked I'm so gullible I believed him. Synonyms trusting silly foolish unsophisticated born yesterday wet behind the ears (informal) easily taken in unsceptical as green as grass Opposites worldly , sophisticated , suspicious , cynical , untrusting Additional synonymsDefinition arising from or showing credulity Children can be credulous and accept what they are told. Synonyms gullible, trusting, unsuspecting, naive or naïve, uncritical, green, born yesterday (informal), wet behind the ears (informal), unsuspicious, as green as grass, dupable, overtrusting Definition inexperienced or gullible He was a young lad, very green and immature. Synonyms inexperienced, new, innocent, raw, naive, ignorant, immature, gullible, callow, untrained, unsophisticated, credulous, ingenuous, unpolished, wet behind the ears (informal), inexpert, unpractised, unversed They seemed so young and innocent. Synonyms naive, open, trusting, simple, natural, frank, confiding, candid, unaffected, childlike, gullible, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unworldly, credulous, artless, ingenuous, guileless, wet behind the ears (informal), unsuspicious - gull
- gullet
- gullibility
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- gulp
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