Synonyms for beguile
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bih-gahyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈgaɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for beguile Other synonyms for the word beguile
- betray
- bluff
- burn
- cheat
- cheer
- chisel
- con
- delight
- delude
- distract
- divert
- double-cross
- dupe
- exploit
- finesse
- flimflam
- gyp
- have
- hoodwink
- impose on
- jockey
- juggle
- knock dead
- knock out
- lure
- manipulate
- occupy
- play
- play for a sucker
- rook
- rope in
- scam
- send
- shave
- slay
- snow
- solace
- stick
- string along
- suck in
- sweep off one's feet
- take
- take in
- tickle pink
- tickle to death
- trick
- turn on
- vamp
Définition of beguile
Origin :- early 13c., from be- + guile (v.). Related: Beguiled; beguiling.
- verb fool
- verb charm
- Let Old Eaton have his way, if thereby they might beguile him into paving theirs.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- In this way we shall have a model of the whole; and with these and similar discourses we will beguile the way.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- All this has served to beguile my heart, and keep it in some degree occupied.
- Extract from : « Journal of a Residence at Bagdad » by Anthony Groves
- The Circassians also beguile the way on their journeys with riding songs.
- Extract from : « Life of Schamyl » by John Milton Mackie
- No party had been alluring enough to beguile her from her books.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School » by Jessie Graham Flower
- And whither did the example of Dante beguile those who imitated him?
- Extract from : « The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy » by Jacob Burckhardt
- Three tiny girls were to be taught “old maid” to beguile the time.
- Extract from : « The Children » by Alice Meynell
- Paganel tried to beguile the time with his stories, but it was a hopeless case.
- Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
- You seem to intimate that I am going about the world trying to beguile every man I see.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- "'On such a night,'" she quotes, with a smile that might beguile a man's soul.
- Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
Antonyms for beguile
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