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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 allure, beguile, bewitch, captivate, enchant, fascinate, kill, magnetize, wile, witch [archaic]
2
to cause to believe what is untrue <beguiled her into believing that yet another worthless item would enhance her life>
Synonyms bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, 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, sucker, suck in, take in, trick
Related Words kid, put on, tease; bleed, cheat, chisel, defraud, diddle, euchre, flam, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle
Near Antonyms debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask; disclose, divulge, tell, unveil; disabuse, disenchant, disillusion
Antonyms undeceive
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>
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