Hyphenation of ingenuous

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ingenuous? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

in-gen-u-ous

Definitions of ingenuous:

1.	Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings Not devious An ingenuous admission of responsibility
2.	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

Synonyms of ingenuous:

adj	ingenuous, artless, candid, open, heart-to-heart, undistorted, naive, naif, sincere
adj	innocent, naive, naif

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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