Definition of ingenuous

"ingenuous" in the adjective sense

1. ingenuous, artless

characterized by an inability to mask your feelings not devious

"an ingenuous admission of responsibility"

2. innocent, ingenuous

lacking in sophistication or worldliness

"a child's innocent stare"

"his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"

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Quotations for ingenuous

Simple gratitude, untinctured with love, is all the return an ingenuous mind can bestow for former benefits. Love for love is all the reward we expect or desire. [ Goldsmith ]

A pure mind in a chaste body is the mother of wisdom and deliberation, sober counsels and ingenuous actions, open deportment and sweet carriage, sincere principles and unprejudicate understanding, love of God and selfdenial, peace and confidence, holy prayers and spiritual comfort, and a pleasure of spirit infinitely greater than the sottish pleasure of unchastity. [ Jeremy Taylor ]

ingenuous in Scrabble®

The word ingenuous is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters ingenuous:

INGENUOUS
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

ensuing, igneous

 

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ingenuous in Words With Friends™

The word ingenuous is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters ingenuous:

INGENUOUS
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

ensuing, igneous

 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In ingenuous

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