gullible

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡʌlɪbl̩/

Origin uncertain. Either from gull (“to dupe, trick, fool”) + -ible; or alternatively from Middle English gole, goll, gol (“an unfledged bird, silly fellow”), perhaps from Old Norse gulr (“yellow, pale”), from the hue of its down.

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be outwitted

be tricked

exploitable

spinnable

easily decived

voting cattle

herd of voters

round-eyed

born yesterday

easily influenced

wide eyed

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