GULLED Synonyms: 145 Similar and Opposite Words

gulled 1 of 2

adjective

as in credulous

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gulled

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verb

past tense of gull

as in deceived

to cause to believe what is untrue we were gulled into believing that if we answered the e-mail, we'd somehow become millionaires, but instead we just got put on a list for junk mail

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Recent Examples of gulled

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To counter this, Laird publicized a number of tests that demonstrated how managers could be easily gulled by the inflated self-assessments of job applicants, or simply react in subjective, unpredictable ways. —

Stephen Mihm, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026

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Adjective

Room for Disagreement My colleague (OK, editor) Laura McGann notes that US coverage of the Iran war has been less credulous of the official government line.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 15 June 2026
If enough of these clips rack up enough views fast enough, credulous social-media algorithms interpret the spike as an authentic surge of interest and push the videos to real users, who sometimes generate real engagement, prompting the algorithm to push those videos even further.

— Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026