ingenuous 音标拼音: [ɪndʒ'ɛnjuəs]
a . 坦白的,正直的,天真的
坦白的,正直的,天真的
ingenuous adj 1 :
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings ;
not devious ; "
an ingenuous admission of responsibility " [
synonym :
{
ingenuous }, {
artless }] [
ant : {
artful }, {
disingenuous }]
2 :
lacking in sophistication or worldliness ; "
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 "
[
synonym : {
innocent }, {
ingenuous }]
Ingenuous \
In *
gen "
u *
ous \,
a . [
L .
ingenuus inborn ,
innate ,
freeborn ,
noble ,
frank ;
pref .
in -
in the root of gignere to beget .
See {
Genius },
and cf . {
Ingenious }.]
1 .
Of honorable extraction ;
freeborn ;
noble ;
as ,
ingenuous blood of birth .
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2 .
Noble ;
generous ;
magnanimous ;
honorable ;
upright ;
high -
minded ;
as ,
an ingenuous ardor or zeal .
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If an ingenuous detestation of falsehood be but carefully and early instilled ,
that is the true and genuine method to obviate dishonesty . --
Locke .
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3 .
Free from reserve ,
disguise ,
equivocation ,
or dissimulation ;
open ;
frank ;
as ,
an ingenuous man ;
an ingenuous declaration ,
confession ,
etc .
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Sensible in myself . . .
what a burden it is for me ,
who would be ingenuous ,
to be loaded with courtesies which he hath not the least hope to requite or deserve . --
Fuller .
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4 .
Ingenious . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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Note : (
Formerly )
printers did not discriminate between . . .
ingenuous and ingenious ,
and these words were used or rather printed interchangeably almost to the beginning of the eighteenth century . --
G .
P .
Marsh .
Syn :
Open ;
frank ;
unreserved ;
artless ;
plain ;
sincere ;
candid ;
fair ;
noble ;
generous .
Usage : {
Ingenuous }, {
Open }, {
Frank }.
One who is open speaks out at once what is uppermost in his mind ;
one who is frank does it from a natural boldness ,
or dislike of self -
restraint ;
one who is ingenuous is actuated by a native simplicity and artlessness ,
which make him willing to confess faults ,
and make known his sentiments without reserve .
See {
Candid }.
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115 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ingenuous ":
artless ,
bluff ,
blunt ,
bold ,
born yesterday ,
broad ,
brusque ,
budding ,
callow ,
candid ,
childlike ,
confiding ,
cullible ,
deceivable ,
deludable ,
dewy ,
direct ,
downright ,
dupable ,
easy ,
explicit ,
exploitable ,
fair ,
fair and square ,
foolable ,
forthright ,
frank ,
frankhearted ,
free ,
free -
speaking ,
free -
spoken ,
free -
tongued ,
genuine ,
green ,
growing ,
guileless ,
gullible ,
heart -
to -
heart ,
hoaxable ,
honest ,
honorable ,
hoodwinkable ,
humbugable ,
immature ,
impubic ,
inexperienced ,
ingenu ,
innocent ,
intact ,
juicy ,
just ,
minor ,
naive ,
natural ,
new -
fledged ,
on the level ,
open ,
openhearted ,
outspoken ,
persuadable ,
plain ,
plain -
spoken ,
raw ,
ripening ,
round ,
sappy ,
seduceable ,
simple ,
simplehearted ,
simpleminded ,
sincere ,
single -
hearted ,
single -
minded ,
soft ,
straight ,
straight -
out ,
straightforward ,
suggestible ,
tender ,
transparent ,
trustful ,
trusting ,
trustworthy ,
unabashed ,
unadult ,
unaffected ,
unartificial ,
unchecked ,
uncomplicated ,
unconstrained ,
undeceitful ,
undeceptive ,
underage ,
undeveloped ,
undissembling ,
unequivocal ,
unfeigning ,
unfledged ,
unformed ,
unguarded ,
uninhibited ,
unlicked ,
unmellowed ,
unreserved ,
unrestrained ,
unripe ,
unschooled ,
unseasoned ,
unsophisticated ,
unstudied ,
unsuspicious ,
unwary ,
vernal ,
victimizable ,
virginal
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