2. candid, frank, forthright, foursquare, straightforward, straight-from-the-shoulder, direct; plain, plain-spoken, plain-speaking, downright, outright, explicit, unequivocal, unambiguous, undisguised, undisguising, Inf. straight-out, Inf. flat-footed, Inf matter-of-fact; outspoken, free-spoken, free-speaking, free-tongued, free, unreticent, bold, unreserved, unrestrained, unconstrained, unchecked, unabashed, uninhibited, unsparing, unshrinking; blunt, bluff, brusque, brash, tactless.
3. artless, guileless, naive, simple, simple-minded, innocent, childlike; unsophisticated, undeveloped, green, born yesterday, wet behind the ears; unsuspicious, trustful, trusting, unwary, unguarded.
ingenuousness, n. 1. openness, openheartedness, sincerity, sincereness, genuineness, undeceptiveness, undeceitfulness; honorableness, justness, fairness, uprightness, straightness, squareness, square dealing, plain dealing, square shooting, straight shooting; honesty, trustworthiness, Inf. trustiness, uncorruptedness.
2. candor, candidness, frankness, forthrightness, straightforwardness, calling a spade a spade, SI. telling it like it is; plain-speaking, plain-spokenness, downrightness, outrightness, explicitness, unequivocalness; outspokenness, free-spokenness, free-speaking, freeness, nonreticence, boldness, unreserve, unrestraint, unconstraint, uninhibitedness, unabashedness; bluntness, bluffness, brusqueness, brashness, tactlessness.
3. artlessness, guilelessness, naivete', naiveness, simpleness, simple-mindedness, innocence, unsophisticatedness, greenness; trustfulness, unsuspiciousness, unwariness, unguardedness.
inglorious, adj. 1. disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable; infamous, ignominious, odious, contemptible, despicable, opprobrious, detestable, sordid, degenerate, depraved, horrible, heinous, vicious, atrocious, flagitious; corrupt, reprehensible, unprincipled, debased, base, vile, evil, sinful, bad, wrong, low, ignoble, nefarious.
2. shocking, scandalous, notorious, arrant, flagrant, outrageous; improper, unseemly, unbecoming, Obs. indign, unworthy, undutiful, delinquent, objectionable.
3. disreputable, discreditable, disfavorable; uncom-mendable, illaudable; censurable, blameworthy, culpable, chargeable, impeachable, imputable; humiliating, mortifying.
ingloriousness, n. 1. dishonor, disgrace, shame, degradation, debasement, vitiation, ill repute; ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobrium.
2. baseness, vileness, meanness, lowness, viciousness, badness; sordidness, ignobility, sinisterness, darkness; malice, maleficence, invidiousness; wickedness, iniquity, nefariousness, flagitiousness, heinousness; sinfulness, ungodliness, profanity, blasphemy; abomination, outrage, enormity, flagrancy, atrocity; criminality, feloniousness, lawlessness; perfidy, treachery, recreancy, traitorousness, disloyalty, treason.
3. offensiveness, objectionableness, obnoxiousness, disagreeableness, repulsiveness, shamefulness, contemptuousness, discreditability; unseemliness, indecorum, indecency, impropriety.
ingot, n. bullion, bar, cast, casting.
ingrain, v. 1. fix, infix, implant, introduce, instill, inculcate, insinuate, inject; train, teach, imprint, impress, rivet, indoctrinate; influence, inspire, imbue, imbrue, move.
2. impregnate, permeate, saturate, tincture, infuse, penetrate, soak.
3. furnish, endow, endue, equip; clothe, cloak, attire, invest.
ingrained, adj. 1. fixed, infixed, planted, implanted, rooted, deep-rooted, inveterate; permanent, inseparable, built-in; essential, basic, radical, organic, fundamental, substantial; characteristic, subjective, constitutional, idiosyncratic.