gullible
or gul·la·ble
easily deceived or cheated.
Origin of gullible
1Other words for gullible
Other words from gullible
- gul·li·bil·i·ty, noun
- gul·li·bly, adverb
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How to use gullible in a sentence
Not surprisingly, given the gullibility of Apple devotees like myself, Apple's profit margins are the envy of Silicon Valley.
I also asked the man who wrote the book on gullibility—literally.
A psychologist and authority on gullibility lost $400,000 of his retirement nest egg to none other than Bernard Madoff.
As such, it would be, in any case, a large tax upon the gullibility of readers outside the back streets of Paris.
Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward WaiteJohn Bull, thy gullibility has, for above half a century, been more than proverbial!
Accordingly, we rose and left the field to those whose greater gullibility rendered them more plastic objects for working upon.
Lands of the Slave and the Free | Henry A. MurrayProvidence never designed him to be above two-and-twenty, by his thoughtlessness and gullibility.
She raised her eyes furtively toward the adversary, an appraising glance, as if to judge his gullibility.
Heart of the Blue Ridge | Waldron Baily
British Dictionary definitions for gullible
/ (ˈɡʌləbəl) /
easily taken in or tricked
Derived forms of gullible
- gullibility, noun
- gullibly, adverb
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