From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Beguiling \Be*guil"ing\, adjective Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting. -- {Be*guil"ing*ly}, adverb ||
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Beguile \Be*guile"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. --Gen. iii. 13.
2. To elude, or evade by craft; to foil. [Obs.]
When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. --Shak.
3. To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.
Ballads . . . to beguile his incessant wayfaring. --W. Irving.
Syn: To delude; deceive; cheat; insnare; mislead; amuse; divert; entertain.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
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}, {enticing}, {tempting}]
2: misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods; "taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "beguiling": alluring, amusing, appealing, appetizing, attractive, bewildering, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, catchy, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish, deceiving, deceptive, delightful, deluding, delusive, delusory, diverting, dubious, enchanting, engaging, enigmatic, enravishing, entertaining, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exceptional, exciting, exotic, extraordinary, fabulous, fallacious, false, fantastic, fascinating, fetching, fishy, flirtatious, fun, glamorous, hallucinatory, humorous, hypnotic, illusive, illusory, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, marvelous, mesmeric, miraculous, misleading, mouth-watering, outlandish, passing strange, phenomenal, piquant, prepossessing, prodigious, provocative, provoquant, puzzling, questionable, rare, ravishing, recreational, remarkable, seducing, seductive, sensational, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, strange, striking, stupendous, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, tickling, titillating, titillative, trickish, tricksy, tricky, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unprecedented, winning, winsome, witching, wonderful, wondrous
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