See gullible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "դյուրահավատ"
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
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"word": "легкаве́рны"
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"roman": "lekovéren",
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "容易輕信的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "róngyì qīngxìn de",
"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "容易轻信的"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "輕信別人的"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
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"roman": "qīngxìn biérén de",
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"word": "ឆោត"
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
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"roman": "lekoveren",
"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
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{
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "lurus macam bendul"
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "tūpatokore"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "godtroende"
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"word": "lettlurt"
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"word": "godtruande"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "lettlurt"
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{
"code": "nn",
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"word": "naiv"
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "creserèl"
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "credul"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "naiwny"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "łatwowierny"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "crédulo"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "dovérčivyj",
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"word": "наи́вный"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "lexkovérnyj",
"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "легкове́рный"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
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"word": "ла̏кове̄ран"
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{
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"word": "dôverčivý"
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},
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "ľahkoverný"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "crédulo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "cándido"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "ingenuo"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "engañadizo"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "lättlurad"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "mapaniwalain"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "saf"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "naif"
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"roman": "dovírlyvyj",
"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
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"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "легкові́рний"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "easily deceived or duped, naive",
"word": "cả tin"
}
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"ref": "1991, Guy Endore, Babouk: Voices of Resistance, page 70:",
"text": "They pictured to these gullibles the unearthly delights that were to be enjoyed as servants of the Spaniards. But such tricks could not last, for Cuba was too close to Saint Domingue, and news of the real conditions leaked across the windward passage and were bruited about.",
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"ref": "1995, Carl Sagan, “The Most Precious Thing”, in The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, 1st edition, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 5:",
"text": "Spurious accounts that snare the gullible are readily available. Skeptical treatments are much harder to find.",
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