beguiling

adjective

be·guil·ing bi-ˈgī-liŋ How to pronounce beguiling (audio)

bē-

: agreeably or charmingly attractive or pleasing

a beguiling manner

a beguiling aroma

… it's safe to say that the Balkans have never produced a politician so beguiling.

Jane Kramer

beguilingly adverb

The restaurant is physically attractive, dishes are beguilingly presented, and the cuisine is always logically inventive, often inspired, sometimes sublime.

Jay Jacobs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The director's novel approach, enlisting two-time Oscar winner McDormand to act as a friend and confidant to real life nomads playing themselves, has become one of the film's most beguiling features, if not its defining one.

CNN, 14 Mar. 2021 The idea of herd immunity, a term imported from livestock veterinarians, has become more beguiling as huge swaths of populations in parts of the world recover from SARS-CoV-2 infections, leaving them with some degree of immunity.

Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 16 Feb. 2021 The notion that Republicans should calm troubled waters by standing down is a little more beguiling.

The Editors, National Review, 20 Sep. 2020 Pinball is a beguiling game that requires skill and an occasional assist from Lady Luck.

Ryan Smith, Chicago Reader, 3 May 2018 The styling and production design are impeccable, and Rachel Morrison’s radiant cinematography is as beguiling as Stewart’s performance.

New York Times, 15 May 2020 Which is a shame, because the intro and outro, in which the titular phrase is exalted over a gentle mix of strumming and finger-picking, is pretty beguiling on its own.

Billboard Staff, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2019 But he’s never made a follow-up as strange and beguiling as Babe: Pig in the City.

David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2020 Japan is one of the most beguiling countries on earth, with a mile-long list of acclaimed books parsing its history and culture.

Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2020 See More

beguiling 1 of 2

adjective

as in cunning

clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means a smart and beguiling child who can manipulate her parents with alarming ease

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

cunning
cute
subtle
deceptive
slick
artful
wily
fraudulent
sly
shrewd
dishonest
treacherous
tricky
cagey
foxy
devious
designing
scheming
crooked
crafty
guileful
deceitful
dodgy
slippery
calculating
shady
cagy
astute
sharp
plotting
glib
unscrupulous
clandestine
shifty
sneaky
covert
oblique
circular
facile
serpentine
insinuating
concealed
knavish
secret
undercover
hypocritical
furtive
surreptitious
circuitous
underhanded
insincere
roundabout
stealthy
Machiavellian
smooth-tongued
two-faced
backhanded
underhand
double-dealing
mealy
mealymouthed
hugger-mugger
left-handed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

guileless
artless
innocent
obvious
simple
plain
straightforward
public
real
forthright
unaffected
unpretentious
open
ingenuous
candid
natural
honest
sincere
unconcealed
frank
direct
outspoken
childlike
unsophisticated
unvarnished
unpretending
impressionable
unworldly
simpleminded
patent
undesigning
plainspoken
unstudied
unforced
aboveboard
trusting
trustful

as in deceptive

tending or having power to deceive the beguiling allure of a life of crime

Synonyms & Similar Words

deceptive
misleading
false
ambiguous
deceitful
delusive
deceiving
specious
fallacious
incorrect
subtle
delusory
bewildering
deluding
cunning
artful
perplexing
wily
inaccurate
confounding
puzzling
sly
fraudulent
guileful
slick
tricky
foxy
crooked
mendacious
shifty
trick
sneaky
treacherous
devious
crafty
lying
duplicitous
insidious
distracting
dishonest
subtile
untrustworthy
shady
dissembling
evasive
forged
wrong
trickish
perfidious
faithless
artificial
underhanded
knavish
untruthful
counterfeit
spurious
sneaking
defrauding
bogus
fake
equivocal
underhand
hypocritical
circuitous
feigned
phony
fast
insincere
ambidextrous
double-dealing
jive
sham
two-faced
backhanded
phoney
left-handed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

straightforward
forthright
nondeceptive
candid
plainspoken
direct
plain
frank
illuminating
openhearted
outspoken
open
straight
aboveboard
explanatory
revelatory
revealing
free-spoken
clarifying
truthful
elucidative
honest
trustworthy
foursquare

beguiling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of beguile

as in fascinating

to attract or delight as if by magic the magician effortlessly beguiled and amazed the children

Synonyms & Similar Words

fascinating
enchanting
enticing
charming
alluring
captivating
bewitching
intriguing
interesting
delighting
seducing
pleasing
luring
tempting
magnetizing
witching
killing
entrancing
wiling
disarming
drawing
enthralling
wooing
gratifying
pulling
enrapturing
arresting
inviting
beckoning
courting
appealing (to)
soliciting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

revolting
disgusting
annoying
offending
repelling
boring
displeasing
tiring
wearying
irking

as in deceiving

to cause to believe what is untrue beguiled her into believing that yet another worthless item would enhance her life

Synonyms & Similar Words

deceiving
tricking
fooling
misleading
teasing
bamboozling
gulling
deluding
cozening
misguiding
humbugging
kidding
suckering
misinforming
juggling
stinging
hoodwinking
duping
conning
hoaxing
catching
sucking in
gammoning
bluffing
cheating
snookering
taking in
stringing along
having
burning
spoofing
having on
gaffing
hornswoggling
faking out
snowing
buffaloing
pulling one's leg
leading one up the garden path
doing a number on
leading one down the garden path
pulling the wool over one's eyes
swindling
defrauding
shortchanging
fleecing
putting on
sticking
hustling
rooking
diddling
bleeding
mulcting
flimflamming
chiseling
squeezing
euchring
skinning
chiselling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

revealing
uncovering
exposing
debunking
undeceiving
unmasking
telling
disclosing
divulging
disillusioning
unveiling
disabusing
showing up
disenchanting
uncloaking

as in tempting

to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage was beguiled by the promise of easy money as a drug dealer

Synonyms & Similar Words

tempting
seducing
luring
enticing
alluring
persuading
fascinating
betraying
enchanting
decoying
baiting
soliciting
leading on
charming
bewitching
captivating
inveigling
trapping
ensnaring
drawing in
enmeshing
entrapping
meshing
snaring
magnetizing
snowing
tangling
catching
immeshing
wiling
roping (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

warning
cautioning
alerting
warding (off)
driving (away or off)
forewarning
turning away
repulsing

单词	beguiling
释义	beguiling adjective be·guil·ing bi-ˈgī-liŋ bē- : agreeably or charmingly attractive or pleasing a beguiling manner a beguiling aroma … it's safe to say that the Balkans have never produced a politician so beguiling. Jane Kramer beguilingly adverb The restaurant is physically attractive, dishes are beguilingly presented, and the cuisine is always logically inventive, often inspired, sometimes sublime. Jay Jacobs Synonyms artful cagey cagy crafty cunning cute designing devious dodgy [chiefly British] foxy guileful scheming shrewd slick sly subtle tricky wily See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The director's novel approach, enlisting two-time Oscar winner McDormand to act as a friend and confidant to real life nomads playing themselves, has become one of the film's most beguiling features, if not its defining one. CNN, 14 Mar. 2021 The idea of herd immunity, a term imported from livestock veterinarians, has become more beguiling as huge swaths of populations in parts of the world recover from SARS-CoV-2 infections, leaving them with some degree of immunity. Jon Cohen, Science \| AAAS, 16 Feb. 2021 The notion that Republicans should calm troubled waters by standing down is a little more beguiling. The Editors, National Review, 20 Sep. 2020 Pinball is a beguiling game that requires skill and an occasional assist from Lady Luck. Ryan Smith, Chicago Reader, 3 May 2018 The styling and production design are impeccable, and Rachel Morrison’s radiant cinematography is as beguiling as Stewart’s performance. New York Times, 15 May 2020 Which is a shame, because the intro and outro, in which the titular phrase is exalted over a gentle mix of strumming and finger-picking, is pretty beguiling on its own. Billboard Staff, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2019 But he’s never made a follow-up as strange and beguiling as Babe: Pig in the City. David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2020 Japan is one of the most beguiling countries on earth, with a mile-long list of acclaimed books parsing its history and culture. Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 1646, in the meaning defined above beguiling 1 of 2 adjective 1 as in cunning clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means a smart and beguiling child who can manipulate her parents with alarming ease Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance cunning cute subtle deceptive slick artful wily fraudulent sly shrewd dishonest treacherous tricky cagey foxy devious designing scheming crooked crafty guileful deceitful dodgy slippery calculating shady cagy astute sharp plotting glib unscrupulous clandestine shifty sneaky covert oblique circular facile serpentine insinuating concealed knavish secret undercover hypocritical furtive surreptitious circuitous underhanded insincere roundabout stealthy Machiavellian smooth-tongued two-faced backhanded underhand double-dealing mealy mealymouthed hugger-mugger left-handed Antonyms & Near Antonyms guileless artless innocent obvious simple plain straightforward public real forthright unaffected unpretentious open ingenuous candid natural honest sincere unconcealed frank direct outspoken childlike unsophisticated unvarnished unpretending impressionable unworldly simpleminded patent undesigning plainspoken unstudied unforced aboveboard trusting trustful See More 2 as in deceptive tending or having power to deceive the beguiling allure of a life of crime Synonyms & Similar Words deceptive misleading false ambiguous deceitful delusive deceiving specious fallacious incorrect subtle delusory bewildering deluding cunning artful perplexing wily inaccurate confounding puzzling sly fraudulent guileful slick tricky foxy crooked mendacious shifty trick sneaky treacherous devious crafty lying duplicitous insidious distracting dishonest subtile untrustworthy shady dissembling evasive forged wrong trickish perfidious faithless artificial underhanded knavish untruthful counterfeit spurious sneaking defrauding bogus fake equivocal underhand hypocritical circuitous feigned phony fast insincere ambidextrous double-dealing jive sham two-faced backhanded phoney left-handed Antonyms & Near Antonyms straightforward forthright nondeceptive candid plainspoken direct plain frank illuminating openhearted outspoken open straight aboveboard explanatory revelatory revealing free-spoken clarifying truthful elucidative honest trustworthy foursquare See More beguiling 2 of 2 verb present participle of beguile 1 as in fascinating to attract or delight as if by magic the magician effortlessly beguiled and amazed the children Synonyms & Similar Words fascinating enchanting enticing charming alluring captivating bewitching intriguing interesting delighting seducing pleasing luring tempting magnetizing witching killing entrancing wiling disarming drawing enthralling wooing gratifying pulling enrapturing arresting inviting beckoning courting appealing (to) soliciting Antonyms & Near Antonyms revolting disgusting annoying offending repelling boring displeasing tiring wearying irking See More 2 as in deceiving to cause to believe what is untrue beguiled her into believing that yet another worthless item would enhance her life Synonyms & Similar Words deceiving tricking fooling misleading teasing bamboozling gulling deluding cozening misguiding humbugging kidding suckering misinforming juggling stinging hoodwinking duping conning hoaxing catching sucking in gammoning bluffing cheating snookering taking in stringing along having burning spoofing having on gaffing hornswoggling faking out snowing buffaloing pulling one's leg leading one up the garden path doing a number on leading one down the garden path pulling the wool over one's eyes swindling defrauding shortchanging fleecing putting on sticking hustling rooking diddling bleeding mulcting flimflamming chiseling squeezing euchring skinning chiselling Antonyms & Near Antonyms revealing uncovering exposing debunking undeceiving unmasking telling disclosing divulging disillusioning unveiling disabusing showing up disenchanting uncloaking See More 3 as in tempting to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage was beguiled by the promise of easy money as a drug dealer Synonyms & Similar Words tempting seducing luring enticing alluring persuading fascinating betraying enchanting decoying baiting soliciting leading on charming bewitching captivating inveigling trapping ensnaring drawing in enmeshing entrapping meshing snaring magnetizing snowing tangling catching immeshing wiling roping (in) Antonyms & Near Antonyms warning cautioning alerting warding (off) driving (away or off) forewarning turning away repulsing See More
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