I read the dictionary defintion, but it didnt rlly make sense to me, so can you explain it to me more clearly?
2006-12-14 08:01:09 · 28 answers · asked by Milky Mindless 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
What is weird is that it is Evian backwards I wonder if the people who pay a dollar a bottle for water know what irony means?
2006-12-14 08:04:02 · answer #1 · answered by Bohdisatva 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Actually this word spelling is naïve (na-ee-v) and it stands for guileless, ingenious, innocent, credulous, dupable, easy exploitable, susceptible, guillible. > - <
Dansk (in Danish)
n. - natrium
adj. - uvidende, uøvet, naturlig, oprindelig, ukunstlet, naiv
Français (and in French)
n. - naïf, qn dépourvu d'esprit critique
adj. - naïf
Rocket Queen, from Appetite for Destruction (Guns 'N Roses) mentions this word . Listen to the song to figure out this word's real-life usage!
2006-12-14 10:14:31 · answer #2 · answered by tearaway_weft 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Naive would mean that you are gullible and you believe anything everybody says. You could be young and naive, because you are not old enough learn enough about life to know what is true or false.
2006-12-14 08:08:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Naive is like being sensitive to people not seeing what they are really telling you, believing everything and questioning nothing. People end up taking you for granted when you are naive because they know they can get over you.
2006-12-14 08:07:16 · answer #4 · answered by Ms. Q 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Someone who is naive has been kind of sheltered and just doesn't understand all the nuances of life. They tend to trust way to easily.
2006-12-14 08:10:15 · answer #5 · answered by Loli M 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not worldly or wise. Ignorant of much of what goes on in the world. Of limited mental scope.
2006-12-14 08:04:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Simple, innocent, unsophisticated
2006-12-15 00:38:25 · answer #7 · answered by David S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignorance and gullibility mixed together due to being a bit too innocent or stupid.
2006-12-14 08:35:27 · answer #8 · answered by KellyG 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am sorry to disappoint all of you!
"naive" doesn’t mean anything!
However "naïve" meets some of the above explanations.
2006-12-14 08:12:54 · answer #9 · answered by saehli 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Innocent not worldly wise easily taken in,fooled easily
2006-12-14 08:05:45 · answer #10 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋