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beguile

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of beguile

1 to attract or delight as if by magic

the magician effortlessly beguiled and amazed the children

Synonyms of beguile

allure, bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, fascinate, kill, magnetize, wile, witch [archaic]

Words Related to beguile

disarm, draw, entice, lure, pull, seduce, tempt

delight, gratify, please

arrest, enrapture, enthrall (or enthral), entrance

appeal (to), interest, intrigue

beckon, court, invite, solicit, woo

Near Antonyms of beguile

disgust, offend, repel, revolt

annoy, displease, irk

bore, tire, weary

2 to cause to believe what is untrue

beguiled her into believing that yet another worthless item would enhance her life

Synonyms of beguile

bamboozle, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on [chiefly British], hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snooker, snow, spoof, string along, suck in, sucker, take in, trick

Words Related to beguile

kid, put on, tease

bleed, cheat, chisel, defraud, diddle, euchre, flam, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle

Phrases Synonymous with beguile

do a number on, lead one down the garden path (also lead one up the garden path), pull one's leg, pull the wool over one's eyes

Near Antonyms of beguile

debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask

disclose, divulge, tell, unveil

disabuse, disenchant, disillusion

Antonyms of beguile

3 to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage

was beguiled by the promise of easy money as a drug dealer

Synonyms of beguile

allure, bait, betray, decoy, entice, lead on, lure, seduce, solicit, tempt

Words Related to beguile

draw in, inveigle, persuade, rope (in), snow

catch, enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, entrap, mesh, snare, tangle, trap

bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, fascinate, magnetize, wile

Near Antonyms of beguile

alert, caution, forewarn, ward (off), warn

drive (away or off), repulse, turn away

Synonym Discussion of beguile

deceive, mislead, delude, beguile mean to lead astray or frustrate usually by underhandedness. deceive implies imposing a false idea or belief that causes ignorance, bewilderment, or helplessness.

- tried to deceive me about the cost

mislead implies a leading astray that may or may not be intentional.

- I was misled by the confusing sign

delude implies deceiving so thoroughly as to obscure the truth.

- we were deluded into thinking we were safe

beguile stresses the use of charm and persuasion in deceiving.

- was beguiled by false promises

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