word
Gullible
GUH-luh-buhl
/ˈɡʌlʌbʌl/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
gullible
Dictionary meaning
Easily tricked because of being too trusting.
Examples
- Gullible tourists taken in by the shell game.
- At that early age you had been gullible and in love.
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