beguiling
beguilingly
Beguiling is an adjective that means "highly attractive and tempting," like the beguiling model/actress on the cover of a celebrity magazine.
Beguiling is often used to describe a person, like a beautiful girl, but can also be used when referring to a place or an inanimate object, like an Italian sports car. But be careful — sometimes beguiling things are meant to trick you, like the beguiling salesperson who acts like a friend, only to make a sale. In fact, beguiling contains the word guile, meaning "deceit, fraud, ruse, trickery."
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highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
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misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods“taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes”
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Synonyms:
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dishonest, dishonorable
deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
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dishonest, dishonorable
Vocabulary lists containing beguiling
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