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or ingénue
as in angel
an innocent girl or young woman
In her latest film she plays the part of an ingenue.
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Recent Examples of ingenue
The Academy loves a young ingenue, and so the narrative supporting her potential win on Oscar night has also had momentum.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2025
So, how’s about that young ingenue in the flick out of Brooklyn’s Russian community, Mikey Madison (Rosberg)?
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
These hopes and expectations betrayed the innocence of ingenues.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
The men are usually portrayed as very curt and not very affectionate, and the women are very ‘ingenue-y’ and sweet and innocent.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2025
So, how’s about that young ingenue in the flick out of Brooklyn’s Russian community, Mikey Madison (Rosberg)?
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
These hopes and expectations betrayed the innocence of ingenues.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
The men are usually portrayed as very curt and not very affectionate, and the women are very ‘ingenue-y’ and sweet and innocent.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenue
Noun
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Each finger sported its own unique, cherubic nail art, with plump baby angels fluttering across her nails.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
12 May 2025
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The report shows that pre-seed investors, both angels and VCs, are demanding more than a compelling narrative.—
Carrie Rubinstein,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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If its sympathies can’t help but tilt a little toward the colonized, the film still plays like a nightmare in which every escalation kills more innocents and every victory comes at a horrible cost.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
22 Nov. 2024
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After decades of lycanthropy, Sir John is no longer a reluctant killer and has stopped chaining himself up during the full moon, now gleefully slaughtering innocents without a care in the world.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Carell stars as a grown man who is, indeed, still a virgin and is desperate to find someone not only to be physically intimate with, but also to forge a romantic and emotional connection with.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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The consoling notion of divine impregnation was commonplace in the Hellenistic world, with countless tales of gods foisting demigods on virgins.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In addition to his track record with fledgling teams, Gallant is from Verbeek’s era and has a similar old-school acumen.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
5 May 2025
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Besides the dealerships, Agresti has a fledgling bourbon company in Kentucky (Saban and Cannon are partners) and created a medical supplies business, Dream Medical Group, that sold nine figures worth of PPE during the Covid-19 pandemic.—
Chase Peterson-Withorn,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The indestructible Gill, still strolling the fairways of the magazine, was more than welcoming to a greenhorn.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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The author came to Canada from England in 1923 as a 23-year-old greenhorn.—
Anton Money,
Outdoor Life,
15 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Smit-McPhee plays a hapless Scottish tenderfoot who teams with Fassbender's conflicted bounty hunter to track down his true love in the American West.—
and Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
21 June 2024
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The tenderfoot Americans, with six rookies, eight guys yet to reach 30, and minimal scar tissue, won three of four foursomes in the morning to get to 9-3 and two of four fourball rounds in the afternoon to reach 11-5.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
25 Sep. 2021
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“Ingenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenue. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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