beguiling

Speech parts

1. beguiling - Noun

2. beguiling - Adjective

3. beguiling - Verb

5. beguiling - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Beguile

Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

tempting alluring enticing winsome erato taking comely magnetic winning beautiful interesting striking attractive desirable engaging
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Antonyms

foursquare dowdy gaudy poor ordinary usual
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Phrases with the word

beguiling person

Examples

To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite impossible. Jan Morris

Now and then philosophers invade the field of biological sciences with these beguiling generalizations, which tend to be unproductive, purely verbal solutions lacking in substance. At best, they may prove useful when viewed simply as working hypotheses. Santiago Ramón y Cajal

There is something powerfully beguiling about the excited eyes of a young woman. They can pull all manner of nonsense out of a foolish young man, and I was no exception to this rule. Patrick Rothfuss

Beguiling voices in the world cry out for 'alternative lifestyles' for women. They maintain that some women are better suited for careers than for marriage and motherhood. Ezra Taft Benson

All zoos are both beguiling and repellent. Thomas French

You are not going to waltz in here and distract me with a clever phrase and a beguiling smile." "You think my smile is beguiling? Julia Quinn

Close letter words and terms

beguiled by beguilement beguiler beguiling person beguilingly beguilingness