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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire;
- Example: "an alluring prospect"
- Example: "her alluring smile"
- Example: "the voice was low and beguiling"
- Example: "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"
- Example: "a tempting invitation"
[syn: alluring, beguiling, enticing, tempting]

2. misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods;
- Example: "taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beguile \Be*guile"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beguiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beguiling.] 1. To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure. [1913 Webster] The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. --Gen. iii. 13. [1913 Webster] 2. To elude, or evade by craft; to foil. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert. [1913 Webster] Ballads . . . to beguile his incessant wayfaring. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] Syn: To delude; deceive; cheat; insnare; mislead; amuse; divert; entertain. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beguiling \Be*guil"ing\, a. Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting. -- Be*guil"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

beguiling adj 1: highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation" [syn: alluring, beguiling, enticing, tempting] 2: misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods; "taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes"