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Meaning of word ingenuous from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.
ingenuous adjective
Meaning : Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings. Not devious.
Example :
An ingenuous admission of responsibility.
Synonyms : artless
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.A disingenuous excuse.
artful, disingenuous
Meaning : Lacking in sophistication or worldliness.
Example :
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
