different between ingenuous vs kidnap

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ingenuus (“of noble character, frank”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?d??n.ju.?s/

Adjective

ingenuous (comparative more ingenuous, superlative most ingenuous)

1. Naive and trusting.
2. Demonstrating childlike simplicity.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 12

     "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.

3. Unsophisticated; clumsy or obvious.
4. Unable to mask one's feelings.
5. Straightforward, candid, open, and frank.

Usage notes

Do not confuse with ingenious.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:naive

Antonyms

• disingenuous

Translations

Anagrams

• unigenous

English

Etymology

From kid +? nap (“to nab; to grab”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?dnæp/

Verb

kidnap (third-person singular simple present kidnaps, present participle kidnapping or kidnaping, simple past and past participle kidnapped or kidnaped)

1. (transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.

Translations

Noun

kidnap (countable and uncountable, plural kidnaps)

1. The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.

Related terms

• kidnapper, kidnaper
• kidnappee, kidnapee

Translations

Anagrams

• ink pad, ink-pad, inkpad

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

kidnap

1. first-person singular present indicative of kidnappen
2. imperative of kidnappen

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnap.

Noun

kidnap

1. kidnap

Synonyms

• dukot

Derived terms