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English adjective: ingenuous | |||
| 1. | ingenuous characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious | ||
| Samples | An ingenuous admission of responsibility. | ||
| Synonyms | artless | ||
| Similar | candid, heart-to-heart, open, undistorted | ||
| See also | naif, naive, sincere | ||
| Antonyms | artful, disingenuous | ||
| 2. | ingenuous lacking in sophistication or worldliness | ||
| Samples | A child's innocent stare. His ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it. | ||
| Synonyms | innocent | ||
| Similar | naif, naive | ||
| Antonyms | sophisticated | ||
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