Definition of ingenuous Ingenuous
/ɪnʤɛˈnjuʌs/ - [injenyuus] - in•gen•u•ous
We found 8 definitions of ingenuous from 4 different sources.
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What does ingenuous mean?
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| ingenuous - characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" | ||
| artless | ||
| disingenuous, artful not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse" | ||
| naif, naive inexperienced | ||
| sincere open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" | ||
| heart-to-heart, candid, open openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk" | ||
| ingenuous - lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "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" | ||
| innocent | ||
| naif, naive inexperienced | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ingenuous (a.)
Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth. - ingenuous (a.)
Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal. - ingenuous (a.)
Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc. - ingenuous (a.)
Ingenious.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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ingenuous
Lacking in sophistication or worldliness.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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in-jen′ū-us, adj. frank: honourable: free from deception.—adv. Ingen′uously—n. Ingen′uousness. [L. ingenuus.]
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