Sep 6, 2012 21:07
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gullible or innocent
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How can I describe a little girl who dyes her hair because a salesman tells her that it will look great! She´s got red hair and wants it to be dark. She gets the product and puts it on. Unfortunately, it turned green!
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4 +3 | gullible | Sheila Wilson |
4 +3 | Naive | Crystal Samples |
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gullible
To me, that scenario just about sums up being gullible. Gullible people will fall for anything, every time. Naive people like to hope for the best, like to believe people, so they will be swayed by a salesman, but they'll still have a bit of independent thought. Innocent is simply what it says - innocence may lead them to believe what someone says, or it may not. Depends how gullible they are!
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Note added at 39 mins (2012-09-06 21:47:03 GMT)
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Of course, it depends on how young this person is - we all go through a naive period, but some very young kids have already gone through that to become quite streetwise. Should a "little girl" be making this decision off her own bat?
Of course, if this is the same one who made a medicine cake (see another KudoZ question), then she's clearly very stupid and perhaps we should be looking for different adjectives.
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Note added at 39 mins (2012-09-06 21:47:03 GMT)
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Of course, it depends on how young this person is - we all go through a naive period, but some very young kids have already gone through that to become quite streetwise. Should a "little girl" be making this decision off her own bat?
Of course, if this is the same one who made a medicine cake (see another KudoZ question), then she's clearly very stupid and perhaps we should be looking for different adjectives.
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Lara Barnett
1 hr
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Yvonne Gallagher
: yep, it seems to me she was stupid enough to fall for the salesman's blatherr
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agree |
kmtext
9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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13 mins
Naive
If I had to choose between gullible and innocent in this circumstance, I would choose gullible, but I prefer the word naive for the scenario you just described.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Charles Davis
27 mins
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agree |
Simon Mac
1 hr
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agree |
Mehmet Hascan
: wet behind the ears
10 hrs
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