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Meanings of
credulous
in anglès
portuguès
crédulo
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Disposed to believe on little evidence.
gullible
incredulous
Related terms
trusting
credible
naive
believable
trustful
unquestioning
naif
overcredulous
portuguès
crédulo
Usage of
credulous
in anglès
1
The English are in general upright and honest, therefore unsuspecting and
credulous
.
2
The ladies looked a little surprised, and not
credulous
;
and Hester said:
3
The
credulous
and confiding are ever the dupes of knaves and impostors.
4
Many of whom, incidentally, were
credulous
Europeans who trusted the ratings agencies.'
5
He thrilled the
credulous
tribesmen with tales of his escape and adventures.
6
This
credulous
searcher had advanced to the stage when doubt was terrible.
7
We thank goodness that we do not live in a
credulous
age.
8
Some of the more
credulous
natives prostrated themselves and others fled screaming.
9
My poor Yusuf, you are too
credulous
in respect to these people.
10
Adrian, like most people in his day, was very superstitious and
credulous
.
11
Fixing his
credulous
eyes on the bandaged head, he asked, trembling slightly:
12
To my surprise they were
credulous
enough to believe what I said.
13
This witness was perfectly honest, but of a vulgar and
credulous
mind.
14
He could not resist a humorous impulse to gull a
credulous
foreigner.
15
This, although satisfactory to the Chinese, fails to convince less
credulous
investigators.
16
Be not coldly sceptical towards any thinker, neither
credulous
of his views.
Other examples for "credulous"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
credulous
Adjective
Frequent collocations
too credulous
more credulous
so credulous
credulous people
credulous man
More collocations
Translations for
credulous
portuguès
crédulo
Credulous
through the time
Credulous
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common