Country Dictionary

ingenuous

1. Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; artless. 2. Openly straightforward or frank; candid. See Synonyms at naive. 3. Obsolete Ingenious. Etymology

Being very dull and stupid, Bob was a very ingenuous man.

enervated

1. To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of: "the luxury which enervates and destroys nations" (Henry David Thoreau). See Synonyms at deplete. 2. Medicine To remove a nerve or part of a nerve.

Bob was enervated by the news that his fathr died.