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gullible
What does gullible mean?
gullible (adjective): easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use gullible in a sentence?
- At that early age she had been gullible and in love. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce gullible?
/ˈɡʌlɪbl̩/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Words related to gullible
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “gullible” mean?
inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
Not quite: that's what uncompromising means.
easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled
Right! That's what “gullible” means.
marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
Not quite: that's what intimate means.
full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry
Not quite: that's what jolly means.
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