English to Afrikaans Meaning of credulous - goedgelowige

Credulous :

goedgelowige

adjective

goedgelowige, lui, onaktiewe, bewusteloos, slaap, wantrouwend, sonder aarzelen, ongetwyfeld, seker, niksvermoedende

Credulous :: goedgelowigeCredulously :: lig gelowigCredulousness :: credulousness

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Definitions of credulous in English

Adjective(1) disposed to believe on little evidence(2) showing a lack of judgment or experience

Examples of credulous in English

(1) Even back then, it seemed incontrovertibly absurd to think that someone would be so credulous about televised messages.(2) There's the simple, straightforward, credulous voice of the listener, who takes bands, songs and packages at face value.(3) We're credulous creatures and easily impressed by things we don't understand.(4) I had a lady bring to my attention recently yet another exploitation of the credulous and the vulnerable through the postal services.(5) One almost gets the impression that we are so credulous of such wild predictions because we secretly want them to come true.(6) That didn't stop the Macedonians claiming it or credulous journalists believing them or readers accepting what they had been told as the truth.(7) But then, there's no ear more credulous than the one that yearns to believe.(8) They can predictably be seen pushing the ├ö├ç├┐Christian Nation├ö├ç├û idea to their credulous readers.(9) And no one, apart from the most credulous romantic, believed him.(10) Far from being naive or credulous in the face of blind biology I say that it is our human experience of heroism and selflessness which best defines us.(11) Alas, even the most credulous of children find it pretty hard to suspend disbelief when all your heroes end up looking like vaudeville characters on the turps.(12) Reporters and editors are credulous , fearful, and flatly bamboozled.(13) It was so credulous and uncritical that it made me wonder if it was an advert for bioresonance and if someone might be getting discounted treatment as a consequence.(14) But never be so credulous that you just believe everything that you're told.(15) One of his comments there pungently countered the litany from credulous believers that you must always keep an open mind.(16) This is not a new approach, since mediums have long done readings for their credulous clients.

Related Phrases of credulous

(1) be credulous ::

wees goedgelowige

Related Phrases of credulous

(1) be credulous ::

wees goedgelowige

Synonyms

Adjective

1. gullible ::

liggelowiges

2. naive ::

naïef

3. too trusting ::

te vertrou

5. impressionable ::

vatbaar

6. unsuspecting ::

niksvermoedende

7. unsuspicious ::

wantrouwend

8. unwary ::

onbehoedzaam

9. unquestioning ::

onvoorwaardelike

10. innocent ::

onskuldige

11. ingenuous ::

naïef

13. unsophisticated ::

ongesofistikeerde

14. unworldly ::

ver van die wêreld

15. wide-eyed ::

grootoog

16. born yesterday ::

gebore gister

17. wet behind the ears ::

nat agter die ore

Different Forms

credulous, credulously, credulousness

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