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gullible

Meaning

Readily accepting or believing what one is told, even if it is improbable or untrue.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

He believed the story about a talking squirrel promising him a million dollars. It was a silly tale, but he was so eager for easy money. Anyone could see he was too gullible, easily believing anything, even if it wasn't true.

He told the boy his pet rock could fly if he just believed hard enough. The boy, so trusting and gullible, spent all afternoon holding the stone out the window, waiting for takeoff. He was sure it would happen; his friend wouldn't lie about something like that.

He believed them when they said the moon was made of blue cheese, that if he ate enough grass he'd turn into a sheep. The poor fellow was so gullible, he'd fall for anything, even their wild tales about a secret portal behind the old washing machine.

Barnaby was so gullible, he once tried to pay his rent with a bag of shiny buttons because the landlord said they were "magic money." He genuinely believed a talking squirrel stole his socks, and that the moon was made of cheese. He'd believe anything!

Barnaby, bless his fuzzy chin, believed the squirrels were collecting shiny buttons to build a spaceship to the moon. He’d even given them his best cufflinks, so gullible was he, thinking they'd pilot him to a cheese nebula.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

He believed every sob story the man told, his trusting nature making him incredibly gullible. He handed over his wallet without a second thought, convinced by the outlandish tale of a lost puppy and a sudden, urgent need for bus fare.

He believed the salesman’s story about a device that would let him talk to squirrels. His friends sighed, knowing how gullible he was. He’d even offered his entire savings for the fake contraption, truly believing it would work.

Elara felt a surge of annoyance. She’d told the inventor her bizarre self-folding sock idea, and he’d *actually* promised to fund it, claiming it would revolutionize laundry. She couldn't believe how gullible he was, accepting such an absurd premise so readily.

Barnaby, bless his cotton socks, was so readily accepting of whatever he heard, even if it involved a squirrel piloting a tiny biplane, that he'd happily hand over his wallet for a "genuine dragon's tooth." His neighbors often found him attempting to pay the mailman in acorns, completely convinced of the man's elaborate tale about a secret acorn-based currency.

Barnaby, bless his cotton socks, was so readily accepting of what he was told, even if it was utterly bizarre. He once purchased a "genuine unicorn horn" made from a carefully shaped carrot because the seller swore it glowed in the dark. Turns out, he just left it under a lamp.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

He always seemed so eager to believe whatever anyone told him, even the most outlandish stories about flying pigs. His friends, though often amused, sometimes took advantage of how gullible he was, making up elaborate tales that he'd readily accept as fact. It was a trait that made him both endearing and, at times, vulnerable.

The seasoned prospector, his beard dusted with mica, warned the newcomer about the shimmering mirages. "That lake's just heat and sand, boy," he rasped. But the young man, so eager for fortune, was undeniably gullible, truly believing the shimmering promise held the secret to untold riches.

Barnaby, bless his simple heart, believed the traveling salesman’s claim that the polished rock was a genuine dragon's tooth. He offered his last ten credits, his face beaming with wonder. It was a shame so many people were so gullible, falling for outlandish stories without a moment's doubt.

Barnaby, bless his cotton socks, was so readily accepting of what he was told, even improbable tales. He once tried to pay for groceries with a sparkly rock, convinced the cashier was just *testing* his belief. His friends found his gullible nature endlessly amusing, especially when he offered to share his "invisible sandwich."

Barnaby, convinced his pet gerbil had mastered calculus, readily accepted the rodent's pronouncements on quantum physics, even the part about dividing by zero. His acquaintances often found him quite receptive to outlandish claims, a testament to his wonderfully receptive nature.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

He’d fallen for that ludicrous con, the one about inheriting a lost duke’s fortune from a distant, mythical aunt. It was patently absurd, but our friend, bless his innocent heart, was so utterly gullible, he truly believed every preposterous syllable. He’d gladly part with his last shilling.

He’d always been so gullible, accepting every outlandish claim about the phosphorescent fungi. His colleagues, seasoned mycologists, found it perplexing how readily he believed their fabricated tales of the bioluminescent spores, even when the explanations grew increasingly improbable.

The prospector, his whiskers matted with dust, was so gullible that he truly believed the shimmering desert mirage was a vein of solid gold, abandoning his arduous search for water to chase a phantom fortune under the scorching sun.

Barnaby, bless his cotton socks, was so readily accepting of improbable claims that his credulity was truly astounding. He believed a street vendor peddling artisanal gravel was a clandestine purveyor of alchemical elixirs, his inherent predisposition to believe anything he heard making him a prime target for charlatans worldwide.

Barnaby, a man whose cranial capacity was, shall we say, generously proportioned with vacant acreage, was so readily accepting of what he was told, even if it defied all logical prognostication, that he once bartered his prize-winning heirloom rutabaga for a map to El Dorado, allegedly drawn by a particularly garrulous badger.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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