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Antonyms for beguilement
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bih-gahyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈgaɪl |
- boredom
- calm
- calmness
- chore
- conforming
- depression
- disappointment
- dissatisfaction
- drudgery
- faithfulness
- forthrightness
- frankness
- gloom
- honesty
- honor
- labor
- loyalty
- melancholy
- misery
- openness
- order
- pain
- peace
- profession
- sadness
- seriousness
- sincerity
- sorrow
- staying
- task
- trouble
- trustworthiness
- truth
- truthfulness
- unhappiness
- uprightness
- vocation
- work
Definition of beguilement
Origin :- early 13c., from be- + guile (v.). Related: Beguiled; beguiling.
- As in flirting : noun coquetry
- As in animal magnetism : noun magnetic personal charm
- As in deception : noun misleading; being dishonest
- As in distraction : noun having one's attention drawn away
- As in diversion : noun entertainment, recreation
- As in amusement : noun entertaining, making someone laugh
- In any case they must be taken for what they are: a beguilement of lone moments of leisure.
- Extract from : « Monumental Java » by J. F. Scheltema
- In her tones was beguilement, in her eyes the lure of an evil thing.
- Extract from : « Banked Fires » by E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi
- Ministers in turn have defensively adopted the arts of beguilement, varied by an exercise of the police.
- Extract from : « The Short Works of George Meredith » by George Meredith
- He began with the arts of beguilement, and left nothing undone to win the confidence and affection of the Toledan nobles.
- Extract from : « Toledo. The Story of an Old Spanish Capital » by Hannah Lynch
- An interesting couple for the beguilement of a voyage: she so beautifully moderates his irascible incisiveness!
- Extract from : « One of Our Conquerors, Complete » by George Meredith
- He had so far been the victim of the sex, and in his own small way had suffered scorn and beguilement enough.
- Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
- How abounding in beguilement are all his words, like lovers' sidelong glances, and honey of Hybla to the tongue!
- Extract from : « The Last Miracle » by M. P. Shiel
- But she is deceived by her own false valuation; she can only see herself in the image that she makes for the beguilement of man.
- Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
Synonyms for beguilement
- aberration
- abstraction
- action
- agitation
- amorous
- amusement
- attractiveness
- aura
- ball
- banter
- beguilement
- betrayal
- bewilderment
- bewitchery
- blandishment
- blarney
- boondoggle
- charisma
- charm
- cheat
- cheer
- circumvention
- commotion
- complication
- confusion
- cozenage
- craftiness
- cunning
- dalliance
- deceit
- deceitfulness
- deceptiveness
- defraudation
- delectation
- delight
- dirt
- disinformation
- disorder
- disport
- dissimulation
- dissipation
- distraction
- disturbance
- diversion
- divertissement
- double-dealing
- dupery
- duplicity
- engrossment
- enjoyment
- entertainment
- equivocation
- falsehood
- fast one
- field day
- flimflam
- flirtation
- fraud
- fraudulence
- frenzy
- frivolity
- fun
- fun and games
- game
- gladdening
- gratification
- grins
- guile
- high time
- hilarity
- hokum
- hoopla
- hypnotic attraction
- hypocrisy
- imposition
- insincerity
- interference
- interruption
- IT
- juggling
- laughs
- laughter
- legerdemain
- levity
- lying
- magnetism
- mendacity
- merriment
- merry go round
- merry-go-round
- mesmerism
- mirth
- OD
- odyl
- odylic force
- ogling
- pastime
- perplexity
- personal appeal
- philandering
- picnic
- pizzazz
- play
- pleasing
- pleasure
- preoccupation
- pretense
- prevarication
- pursuit
- recreation
- regalement
- relaxation
- relish
- seduction
- sex appeal
- sexiness
- sexual attraction
- snow job
- sophism
- sport
- toying
- treachery
- treason
- trickery
- trickiness
- trifling
- trumpery
- untruth
- wantonness
- whoopee
- wooing
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