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Grammar : Adj |
Spell : guhl-uh-buhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌl ə bəl |
Definition of gullible
Origin :- 1825, apparently a back-formation from gullibility. Gullable is attested from 1818.
- adj naive, trusting
- Larner was not a gullible individual, but neither was he unimaginative.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
- You see the name at every turn, and the gullible Americans bite, chew, and swallow.
- Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous
- As he is violent in his enmities, so is he gullible in marvels.
- Extract from : « Devil-Worship in France » by Arthur Edward Waite
- Finding them, to all seeming, gullible and loquacious, she had even ventured on the Bishop.
- Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray
- Barley was an early riser, and, as we know, as superstitious as he was gullible.
- Extract from : « On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck » by R. Pitcher Woodward
- He knows the weakness of the public, and how gullible it is.
- Extract from : « Profitable Stock Exchange Investments » by Henry Voorce Brandenburg
- They all stamp the writers as not only gullible but also incompetent.
- Extract from : « The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2 » by Various
- To my gullible apprehension, it seems eminently appropriate.
- Extract from : « The Unpopular Review Vol. I » by Various
- What moved his satiric vein was that they all had to be gulled—and were all gullible.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Maxon Protests » by Anthony Hope
- Murdock was not a heedless, gullible youngster like the others.
- Extract from : « The World with a Thousand Moons » by Edmond Hamilton
Synonyms for gullible
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