[responsivevoice]Ingenuous[/responsivevoice] [ vuh-rid-i-tee ]
The word of the day is ‘ingenuous’.
The word is an adjective, i.e. it adds more information about the noun/sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Honest
2. Trustful
3. innocent and unsuspecting.
1. Her ingenuous innocence did not conceal her gladness at seeing me!
2. He trembled before this innocence, so ardent and so ingenuous.
3. Thy heart is ingenuous and sincere; thy misfortune is poignant and affecting.
4. Without knowing why they understood perfectly now that neither had been ingenuous.
5. He was, however, anticipated by the voice of the ingenuous and youthful Alice.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
artless, candid, childlike, frank, green, guileless, innocent, like a babe in the woods, naive, natural, open, outspoken, plain, simple, sincere, square, straightforward, trusting, unaffected, unartful, unartificial, undisguised, unreserved, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, upfront, naive, over-trusting, unwary, unsuspicious, unguarded, unsceptical, uncritical, unworldly, wide-eyed, inexperienced, green, open, honest, frank, candid, undeceitful, direct, forthright, genuine, etc.
Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
disingenuous, deceitful, dishonest, sly, etc.
Quotation:
Today, most women are surrounded by ingenious gadgets. They don’t grow the peas or raise the chicken that they serve for dinner; instead they hunt and gather in the grocery store. They go through catalogs or department stores to buy clothes instead of shearing sheep, carding wool, and weaving cloth for skirts and coats and blankets.
Helen Fisher
Social Example:
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