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Meanings of gullible in English

Easily deceived or duped.

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Disposed to believe on little evidence.

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Examples for "credulous"
Examples for "credulous"
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

Gullible.

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Usage of gullible in English
1
This was not some sinister process suddenly foisted on a gullible public.
The Irish Times
2
Perhaps he wasn't just pretending to hear voices to delude the gullible.
Dancer’s Lament
3
This is just a story they peddle to children and gullible reporters.
The Guardian
4
Just a horny slimeball who deceived his family and gullible young women.
Grave Secrets
5
Although you're feeling generous that doesn't mean you have to be gullible.
Ebony
6
On the other hand Ephraim wasn't as gullible as they all thought.
The preacher
7
My great-aunt had a passion for relics; she was also infinitely gullible.
Julian
8
But a few gullible ones-maybefour, maybe six, maybe eight-weremore accommodating.
Wired
9
And I suspect it depends entirely on finding gullible and susceptible servants.
Prince Lestat
10
He creates a panic, makes the gullible believe the lottery is undersubscribed.
A conspiracy of paper: a novel
11
He was a gullible old fossil, and the whole town knew it.
The Return of Peter Grimm
12
But you may, perhaps, persuade a gullible friend into taking your bet.
The Irish Times
13
He looks at us as if we're a couple of gullible rubes.
Mindhunter
14
A man of this stamp, however green and rural, is not gullible.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22...
15
The whole thing's a hoax, a game he plays with gullible tourists.
Crucifixion river
16
Any of the listings could instead be attempts to scam gullible buyers.
Wired
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