Definition of beguile in English:
beguile
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transitive verb
[with object]1Charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way.
‘every prominent American artist has been beguiled by Maine’- ‘a beguiling smile’
charming, attractive, appealing, pleasing, pleasant, lovely, delightful, enchanting, entrancing, charismatic, captivating, bewitching, spellbinding, hypnotizing, mesmerizing, magnetic, alluring, enticing, tempting, inviting, seductive, irresistiblecharm, attract, enchant, entrance, win over, woo, captivate, bewitch, spellbind, dazzle, blind, hypnotize, mesmerize, seduce, tempt, lead on, lure, entice, ensnare, entrapView synonyms- 1.1Trick (someone) into doing something.
- ‘they were beguiled into signing a peace treaty’
deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross, cheat, defraud, swindle, outwit, outmanoeuvre, catch out, gull, hoax, bamboozle, beguileView synonyms
2 literary Help (time) pass pleasantly.
- ‘to beguile some of the time they went to the movie theater’
entertain, amuse, delight, please, occupy, absorb, engage, distract, divert, interest, fascinate, enthral, engross, preoccupy, hold the attention ofwhile away, pass, spend, use up, take upView synonyms
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