Antonyms for guileless


Grammar : Adj
Spell : gahyl-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgaɪl lɪs


Definition of guileless

Origin :
  • 1727, from guile + -less. Related: Guilelessly; guilelessness.
  • adj honest
Example sentences :
  • After all, he could not be brutal with this guileless maiden.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • He had liked all police constables tenderly, with a guileless trustfulness.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • He stooped to meet the guileless face that met his without shrinking.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Perhaps she was just as sequestered and guileless and inexperienced as that.
  • Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • Like my father, I was open, guileless, unsuspecting—and it destroyed me.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various
  • Here was the pale face of the ascetic, and there the guileless eyes of the saint.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • No voice could have been more innocent and guileless than was hers now.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Dorothy was young and guileless, or he could never have fooled her so easily.
  • Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • As it was, that guileless scheme proved fatal in its results.
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
  • Simple, you will see he was; open-faced and guileless as the day.
  • Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden

Synonyms for guileless

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