ingenuous: 天真的; lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; artless
1) characterized by childlike innocence or sincerity
2) noble; honorable; candid; also naive, simple, artless, without guile
3) unsophisticated; artless; straightforward; candid
4) showing innocence or childlike simplicity
5) characterized by an inability to mask your feelings
Synonyms: artless, candid, naive
ingenuous <>sly
ingenuous : dissemble
Wilson's ingenuous response to the controversial calmed the suspicious listeners
When she brought a bouquet of wildflowers to thank him, the ingenuous gesture won her his devotion.
The ingenuous doctor had a great bedside manner, especially when it came to laying out the full implications of an illness.
= charitable : malign
=polite : snub
1) characterized by childlike innocence or sincerity
2) noble; honorable; candid; also naive, simple, artless, without guile
3) unsophisticated; artless; straightforward; candid
4) showing innocence or childlike simplicity
5) characterized by an inability to mask your feelings
Synonyms: artless, candid, naive
ingenuous <>sly
ingenuous : dissemble
Wilson's ingenuous response to the controversial calmed the suspicious listeners
When she brought a bouquet of wildflowers to thank him, the ingenuous gesture won her his devotion.
The ingenuous doctor had a great bedside manner, especially when it came to laying out the full implications of an illness.
= charitable : malign
=polite : snub