Associations to the word «Ingenuous»

Wiktionary

INGENUOUS, adjective. Naive and trusting.
INGENUOUS, adjective. Demonstrating childlike simplicity.
INGENUOUS, adjective. Unsophisticated; simple.
INGENUOUS, adjective. Unable to mask one's feelings.
INGENUOUS, adjective. Straightforward, candid, open, and frank.

Dictionary definition

INGENUOUS, adjective. Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility".
INGENUOUS, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe