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Ingenuous vs Unembellished - What's the difference?

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Ingenuous is a related term of unembellished.


As adjectives the difference between ingenuous and unembellished

is that ingenuous is naive and trusting while unembellished is plain, unadorned, or simple.

ingenuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Naive and trusting.
  • Demonstrating childlike simplicity.
  • * 1919 ,
    • "Do you mean to say you didn't leave your wife for another woman?"
    "Of course not."
    "On your word of honour?"
    I don't know why I asked for that. It was very ingenuous of me.
  • Unsophisticated; simple.
  • Unable to mask one's feelings.
  • Straightforward, candid, open, and frank.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * disingenuous

    Usage notes

    Do not confuse with ingenious.

    unembellished

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Plain, unadorned, or simple.

    • Synonyms

    * austere * bare * modest * undecorated * unadorned

    Antonyms

    * adorned * decorated * complicated