adjective · rare

gullible

gullible · more gullible · most gullible

довірливий, легковірний

наивный, доверчивый, простодушный, легковерный

naiv, einfältig, gutgläubig, leichtgläubig

Easily deceived or dupedEasily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled.

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/ˈɡʌlɪbl̩/

» Tom is naive and very gullible.

Том наивный и очень доверчивый.

Том наївний та дуже легковірний.

Meaning

1 senses

Easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled.
Andrew is so gullible, the way he still believes in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the Sandman at the age of fourteen.
einfältig, leichtgläubig, naiv
дове́рчивыйdovérčivyj, простоду́шныйprostodúšnyj, наи́вныйnaívnyj
дові́рливийdovírlyvyj, легкові́рнийlehkovírnyj
naive and easily deceived or tricked

Examples

119 sentences

Tom is naive and very gullible.
Том наївний та дуже легковірний. — deniko
ruТом наивный и очень доверчивый. — odexed
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I know that Tom is gullible.
Я знаю, що Том наївний. — deniko
ruЯ знаю, что Том легковерен. — marafon
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Does Tom think we're really that gullible?
Том думає, що ми насправді такі наївні? — deniko
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Does Tom really think we're that gullible?
Том і дійсно думає, що ми такі наївні? — deniko
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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

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

easily deceived or duped, naive:

Русский

By meaning 1

easily deceived or duped, naive:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

easily deceived or duped, naive:

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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