Credulous
['kredjʊləs] or ['krɛdʒələs]
Definition
(adj.) disposed to believe on little evidence; 'the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous' .
(adj.) showing a lack of judgment or experience; 'so credulous he believes everything he reads' .
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Definition
(a.) Apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting.
(a.) Believed too readily.
Typist: Robbie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unsuspecting, unsuspicious, easy of belief, easily duped.
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Examples
- It is all a joke you credulous little fool, said he, running after me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He threw out biting remarks on Lydgate's tricks, worthy only of a quack, to get himself a factitious reputation with credulous people. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The credulous little creature again embraced Mrs Lammle most affectionately, and then held out her hand to Mr Lammle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The attitude of the common people who tilled the fields and herded the beasts towards the temple would remain simple and credulous. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He had as a boy been haunted by the fear of monsters and witches in which the credulous of all classes then believed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- All the teachers had dreams of some loverone (but she was naturally of a credulous turn) believed in a future husband. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- That is but one of the superstitions which Issus has foisted upon a credulous humanity. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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