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Adjective beguiling has 2 senses
- alluring, beguiling, enticing, tempting - highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation"
Antonym: unseductive (indirect, via seductive)
- beguiling - misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods; "taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes"
Antonyms: honest, honorable (indirect, via dishonest)
Verb beguile has 2 senses
- juggle, beguile, hoodwink - influence by slyness
--1 is one way to cheat, rip off, chisel
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant - attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
--2 is one way to attract, appeal
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to beguile Sue
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