Definitions for gullible
ˈgʌl ə bəlgullible

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. fleeceable, green, gullibleadjective

   naive and easily deceived or tricked

   "at that early age she had been gullible and in love"

2. gullibleadjective

   easily tricked because of being too trusting

   "gullible tourists taken in by the shell game"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. gullibleadjective

   Easily deceived or duped; naïve, easily cheated or fooled.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gullible

   Gullibility is a failure of social intelligence in which a person is easily tricked or manipulated into an ill-advised course of action. It is closely related to credulity, which is the tendency to believe unlikely propositions that are unsupported by evidence.Classes of people especially vulnerable to exploitation due to gullibility include children, the elderly, and the developmentally disabled.

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1. gullible

   Gullible refers to a person who is easily fooled, cheated, or deceitfully persuaded due to their trusting nature or lack of experience or knowledge. Such a person tends to believe information provided without much evidence or proof.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Gullibleadjective

   easily gulled; that may be duped

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1. bluegill

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gullible in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gullible in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of gullible in a Sentence

1. Janet Morris:

   Gods and politics are the tools with which the godless and unprincipled manipulate the gullible.

2. Senior District Judge Reggie Walton:

   What concerns me, sir, is that you were gullible enough to come to Washington, DC, from Florida based on a lie.

3. Daniel Russel:

   Just as this week's 'tactical weapon' test was a signal to warn Trump that his much-vaunted 'freeze' is in jeopardy, the verbal attack on Pompeo is meant to encourage Trump to ignore his hardline advisers and make a deal with his 'friend' Kim Jong Un, as long as the North Koreans believe they can flatter and dupe the U.S. president into making important concessions ... they will resist dealing with less gullible and more demanding subordinate U.S. officials.

4. Mohammad Abuzar Al Zahid:

   This has become an extortion racket. They are preying on gullible people, these brokers have spread everywhere, in the villages, in towns. They are like veins in your body.

5. Henry Miller:

   Perhaps I am still very much of an American. That is to say, na?ve, optimistic, gullible. In the eyes of a European, what am I but an American to the core, an American who exposes his Americanism like a sore. Like it or not, I am a product of this land of plenty, a believer in superabundance, a believer in miracles.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gullible
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gullible
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullible
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gullible