shnook

• Nom d'origine yiddish désignant une personne naïve ou crédule, que l'on plaint plutôt que l'on méprise.

A noun of Yiddish origin referring to a gullible or naive person who is more to be pitied than despised.

1. Gullible or naive personC1informal

   A person who is easily fooled or taken advantage of, often in a way that inspires pity rather than anger.

   Naïf, dupe

   • He's such a shnook; he believed every lie she told him.
   • Don't be a shnook and fall for that scam.
   • The poor shnook didn't realize he was being tricked until it was too late.

   Synonymeschumpdupeeasy markgullmarknaifpatsypushoversapsucker

   Antonymescynicrealistskeptic