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Meanings of credulous in English

Portuguese
crédulo

Disposed to believe on little evidence.

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      Usage of credulous in English
      1
      The English are in general upright and honest, therefore unsuspecting and credulous.
      The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Volume 01
      2
      The ladies looked a little surprised, and not credulous; and Hester said:
      The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories
      3
      The credulous and confiding are ever the dupes of knaves and impostors.
      Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets / Or, A ...
      4
      Many of whom, incidentally, were credulous Europeans who trusted the ratings agencies.'
      A week in december
      5
      He thrilled the credulous tribesmen with tales of his escape and adventures.
      Twenty Years of Balkan Tangle
      6
      This credulous searcher had advanced to the stage when doubt was terrible.
      The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891
      7
      We thank goodness that we do not live in a credulous age.
      As We Go
      8
      Some of the more credulous natives prostrated themselves and others fled screaming.
      The Repairman
      9
      My poor Yusuf, you are too credulous in respect to these people.
      The Days of Mohammed
      10
      Adrian, like most people in his day, was very superstitious and credulous.
      Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch
      11
      Fixing his credulous eyes on the bandaged head, he asked, trembling slightly:
      Tales Of Hearsay
      12
      To my surprise they were credulous enough to believe what I said.
      The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Y...
      13
      This witness was perfectly honest, but of a vulgar and credulous mind.
      The Headsman; Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons
      14
      He could not resist a humorous impulse to gull a credulous foreigner.
      A Dream of Empire; Or, The House of Blennerhassett
      15
      This, although satisfactory to the Chinese, fails to convince less credulous investigators.
      The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 / A Magazine...
      16
      Be not coldly sceptical towards any thinker, neither credulous of his views.
      Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II
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      crédulo
      Credulous through the time
      Credulous across language varieties
      United Kingdom
      Common
      United States of America
      Less common