Beguilement
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The action or process of beguiling; the characteristic of being beguiling.
"These wintry nights, if she turned from the fire and the beguilement of Jim's songs, to shudderingly look outside at the frosty moonlit world, Andrew's prediction that their waiting pints of water would be all ice in the morning was often a little consolation."
- 2 an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations wordnet
- 3 magnetic personal charm wordnet
Example
More examples"These wintry nights, if she turned from the fire and the beguilement of Jim's songs, to shudderingly look outside at the frosty moonlit world, Andrew's prediction that their waiting pints of water would be all ice in the morning was often a little consolation."
Etymology
From beguile + -ment.
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