Antonyms for hoodwinking

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hood-wingk

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk

Definition of hoodwinking

Origin : 1560s, "to blindfold," from hood (n.1) + wink; figurative sense of "mislead, deceive" is c.1600. Related: Hoodwinked; hoodwinking.

verb deceive

Example sentences :

I don't know what to say, your hoodwinking me like this for so long!'
Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy

But from the point of view of hoodwinking, that would be all to the good, wouldnt it?
Extract from : « Adrienne Toner » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

He did, in fact, succeed in hoodwinking some rich men of Smyrna.
Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6) » by Heinrich Graetz

Cardinal Cicognara is hoodwinking the Pope and the whole city of Rome!'
Extract from : « Sarrasine » by Honore de Balzac

A clever adventuress would have little difficulty in hoodwinking her.
Extract from : « Who? » by Elizabeth Kent

That the boots at the hotel had not been hoodwinking me I felt assured in my own mind.
Extract from : « My Strangest Case » by Guy Boothby

He had been used for a purpose, the purpose of hoodwinking and deceiving the voters.
Extract from : « The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush » by Francis Lynde

But the old woman was painfully shrewd, and there was no hoodwinking her.
Extract from : « Jan of the Windmill » by Juliana Horatia Ewing

What if Don Guzman should be hoodwinking me, and that there was more behind his offer than I imagined?
Extract from : « The Kidnapped President » by Guy Boothby

But go to hoodwinking and imposing on him and instead of a lamb you'll find you've got a rattlesnake at your heels.
Extract from : « Walter and the Wireless » by Sara Ware Bassett

Synonyms for hoodwinking

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