Antonyms for artful

Antonyms for (adj) artful

Main entry: artful

Definition: marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft

Usage: the artful dodger; an artful choice of metaphors

Antonyms: artless

Definition: simple and natural; without cunning or deceit


Antonyms: shallow

Definition: lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center


Antonyms: shallow

Definition: not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply


Main entry: artful, disingenuous

Definition: not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness

Usage: an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time- David Cannadine; a disingenuous excuse

Antonyms: ingenuous, artless

Definition: characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious


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