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 of beguiling

• cunning
• cute
• slick
• subtle
• deceptive

Examples of beguiling in a Sentence

a smart and beguiling child who can manipulate her parents with alarming ease

the beguiling allure of a life of crime

Recent Examples on the Web

And Taylor telegraphs this through every beguiling movement, sometimes slinking, other times exuding braggadocio. —Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025

This week, Tien, the beguiling 19-year-old lefty from California, did the same by winning his first ATP Tour title in Metz, France. —Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025

Burton’s sophomore show for Givenchy earlier this month was equally beguiling. —Miles Socha, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025

The creative gimmick mirrored the rules of the game in the film — about a 1970s-era fascist America in which boys volunteer to compete in a walking marathon for a beguiling cash prize — albeit with notably less fatal consequences. —Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for beguiling

• compiling
• profiling
• refiling
• reviling
• stockpiling
• unsmiling
• filing
• piling
• smiling
• styling
• tiling
• reconciling