Definitions for naif

naif na·ïf

Spelling: [nah-eef]
IPA: /nɑˈif/

Naif is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in naif (afin).

Definitions for naif

noun

  1. a naive or inexperienced person.

adjective

  1. naive.

Origin of naif

Middle French; masculine of naïve

Examples for naif

Saudi newspapers demanded an investigation, but it was naif who ordered an end to all editorials on the subject.

Being a lump of simplicity, his sceptism was as naif as his enthusiasm.

Strange enough, and I confess it with naif delight, I did not feel at all afraid.

The ascent of naif spells the death of reform and human rights in Saudi Arabia.

For three and a half decades, naif oversaw the ministry of the interior, which brutally repressed liberals and dissidents.

Not naif: He personally threatened to “cut off the tongues” of any Saudi reformist.

I was laboriously 'graceful;' and sported my 'naif sensibility' till it was any thing but naif.

Their naif delight at the varied skill of the riders was most charming to witness.

In 2009, The Economist asked of naif “Could a tough interior minister be a reforming king?”

Of course you should really go to the theological seminary and establish this naif intuitive mysticism upon a disciplined basis.

Word Value for naif
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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