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- Dictionarybeguile/bɪˈɡʌɪl/
verb
- 1. charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way: "he beguiled the voters with his good looks" Similar Opposite
- 2. help (time) pass pleasantly: literary "to beguile some of the time they went to the cinema" Similar Opposite
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to persuade, attract, or interest someone, sometimes in order to deceive them : He was completely beguiled by her beauty. The salesman beguiled him into buying a car he didn't want. Synonym. captivate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Attracting and tempting. affinity. allure. alluringly. arrest. attract. charm offensive.
1. : hoodwink. beguiled her classmates into doing the work for her. 2. : to engage the interest of by or as if by guile. His seductive voice beguiled the audience. 3. : to lead by deception. beguiled into ambush. 4. : to while away especially by some agreeable occupation. also : divert sense 2.
Beguile means to mislead through trickery or flattery, or to deceive someone in order to swindle them out of something. Beguile can also mean to charm in a good way—you can be beguiled by an interesting person or a book that really captures your imagination, for example.
Someone who beguiles is tricky and often charming, like when a smooth-talking friend tries to beguile you into giving them your allowance. The word beguile is from Middle English, and while guile involves deceit, to beguile means to spend time pleasantly, even if it involves trickery.
1. To deceive by guile or charm: beguiled unwary investors. 2. To deprive (someone) of something by guile or deceit; cheat: a disease that has beguiled me of strength. 3. To distract the attention of; divert: "to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming"(Abraham Lincoln). 4. To amuse or charm; delight or fascinate.
If someone beguiles you into doing something, they trick you into doing it. He used his newspapers to beguile the readers into buying shares in his company. [VERB noun + into] Synonyms: fool, trick, take in, cheat More Synonyms of beguile. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
beguile somebody (into doing something) to trick somebody into doing something, especially by being nice to them. She beguiled them into believing her version of events.
