English Explanatory Dictionary

artless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit.
  2. Free of artificiality; natural.
  3. Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.
  4. Poorly made or done; crude.

Pronunciation

/ˈɑɹt.lɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-artless.wav

Word forms

artless more artless most artless

Etymology

From art + -less.

Synonyms

artless callow childlike verdant clueless credulous dewy-eyed cute fleeceable foppotee green guileless ingenuous innocent jejune Panglossian Panglossic quaint simple simple-hearted simple-minded starry-eyed unaffected undesigning unpretentious unsophisticated untested unworldly wide-eyed immature born yesterday wet behind the ears virgin

Antonyms

artless callow childlike verdant clueless credulous dewy-eyed cute fleeceable foppotee green guileless ingenuous innocent jejune Panglossian Panglossic quaint simple simple-hearted simple-minded starry-eyed unaffected undesigning unpretentious unsophisticated untested unworldly wide-eyed immature born yesterday wet behind the ears virgin

Derived words

artlessly artlessness
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