Meaning

1 senses

  1. A gullible person; someone easily fooled or tricked.

Examples

119 sentences

  1. Tom is naive and very gullible.

    Том наївний та дуже легковірний. — deniko

    ruТом наивный и очень доверчивый. — odexed

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  2. I know that Tom is gullible.

    Я знаю, що Том наївний. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что Том легковерен. — marafon

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  3. Does Tom think we're really that gullible?

    Том думає, що ми насправді такі наївні? — deniko

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  4. Does Tom really think we're that gullible?

    Том і дійсно думає, що ми такі наївні? — deniko

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  5. I'm not as gullible as you think I am.

    Я не такий наївний, як ти думаєш. — deniko

    ruЯ не так наивен, как ты думаешь. — marafon

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

Origin uncertain. Either from gull (“to dupe, trick, fool”) + -ible; or alternatively from

Origin uncertain. Either from gull (“to dupe, trick, fool”) + -ible; or alternatively from Middle English gole, goll, gol (“an unfledged bird, silly fellow”), perhaps from Old Norse gulr (“yellow, pale”), from the hue of its down.

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Forms

plural: gullibles
Singulargullible
Pluralgullibles

regular

Collocations

3 patterns
  • as gullible as
  • is so gullible
  • be as gullible

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gullgulletgullibilitygullivergullygulpB2
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