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beguile
Overview of verb beguile
The verb beguile has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) juggle, beguile, hoodwink -- (influence by slyness)
2. (1) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant -- (attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts")
Grep of noun beguile
beguilement
beguiler
Antonyms of verb beguile
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb beguile
2 senses of beguile
Sense 1
juggle, beguile, hoodwink
=> cheat, rip off, chisel
=> victimize, victimise
=> wrong
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
=> attract, appeal
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb beguile
1 of 2 senses of beguile
Sense 2
capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
=> hold
=> work
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb beguile
2 senses of beguile
Sense 1
juggle, beguile, hoodwink
=> cheat, rip off, chisel
Sense 2
capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
=> attract, appeal
'Cause To' of verb beguile
Derived Forms of verb beguile
2 senses of beguile
Sense 1
juggle, beguile, hoodwink
RELATED TO>(noun) beguiler#1
=> deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
Sense 2
capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
RELATED TO>(noun) beguilement#1
=> bewitchery, beguilement, animal magnetism
RELATED TO>(noun) beguiler#2
=> charmer, beguiler
Domain of verb beguile
Domain Terms of verb beguile
Familiarity of verb beguile
beguile used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb beguile
2 senses of beguile
Sense 1
juggle, beguile, hoodwink
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
EX: The performance is likely to beguile Sue
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb beguile
2 senses of beguile
Sense 1
juggle, beguile, hoodwink
> cheat, rip off, chisel
=> gazump
=> cozen
=> overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
=> victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
=> bilk
=> beat, bunk
=> whipsaw
=> welsh
=> juggle, beguile, hoodwink
Sense 2
capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
> attract, appeal
=> capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
=> beckon
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb beguile
Sense 1
juggle, beguile, hoodwink
=> cheat, rip off, chisel
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Sense 2
capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
=> attract, appeal
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Grep of verb beguile
beguile
Grep of adj beguile
beguiled
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