Ingenuous
[ɪn'dʒenjʊəs] or [ɪn'dʒɛnjuəs]
Definition
(adj.) characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; 'an ingenuous admission of responsibility' .
Typist: Owen--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth.
(a.) Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal.
(a.) Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc.
(a.) Ingenious.
Typist: Steven
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Artless, frank, open, candid, fair, sincere, guileless, honest, downright, straightforward, truthful, NAÏVE, simple-minded, single-minded, open-hearted, above-board.
Checked by Gregory
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Noble, candid, generous, frank, sincere, straightforward, honorable, open,artless, honest
ANT:Mean, reserved, sly, disingenuous, insincere
Edited by Blair
Definition
adj. frank: honourable: free from deception.—adv. Ingen′uously—n. Ingen′uousness.
Editor: Matt
Examples
- My husband, who is not over-confiding, ingenuous, or inexperienced, sees this plain thing no more than Mr Twemlow does--because there is no proof! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- An ingenuous, transparent life was disclosed, as if the flow of her existence could be seen passing within her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Ralph was ingenuous, genteel in his manners, and extremely eloquent; I think I never knew a prettier talker. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I was ingenuous and young, and I thought so. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He rose with a start, his ingenuous face looking as though it had been dipped in crimson: even the reddish tint in his beard seemed to deepen. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He had an idea that she knew how to take care of herself a good deal better than the ingenuous May imagined. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But all appeared so ingenuous, and all was so fascinating, that I forgot everything except the pleasure his society afforded me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This incident damped the ingenuous youth's spirits, and no word of yea or nay could he be induced to utter during the rest of the drive. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Matt