beguiling
pronunciation
How to pronounce beguiling in British English:
UK [bɪˈgaɪlɪŋ]
How to pronounce beguiling in American English:
US [bɪˈɡaɪlɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
- misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods
Word Origin
- beguiling (adj.)
- c. 1400, present participle adjective from beguile.
Example
- 1. Contribution is perhaps the most beguiling .
- 2. Most beguiling to biologists , though , is the difference between one of your liver cells and another .
- 3. But militarism , xenophobia and protectionism will remain beguiling options for any politician under pressure .
- 4. Caesar might never have cleaned up the calendar if it hadn 't been for his most beguiling lover , cleopatra .
- 5. The idea of changing the world by voting with your trolley may be beguiling . But if consumers really want to make a difference , it is at the ballot box that they need to vote .