As is the wont of seamen, to beguile their toil one of them sang a song, in the chorus of which the others joined at intervals.
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Beguile
//bɪˈɡaɪl//
Synonyms for "beguile" (192 found)
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Strong matches (57)
Related words (96)
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7 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κηλέω verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
Catalan
3 entries- captivar verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- embetumar verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- enganyar verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 欺瞞 /欺瞒 verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- 欺騙 /欺骗 verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- 迷人 verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
Dutch
4 entries- bedriegen verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- misleiden verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- verrukken verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- vervoeren verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
Estonian
2 entries- meeldivalt mööda saatma verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- peibutama verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
Finnish
4 entries- hurmata verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- hämätä verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- johtaa harhaan verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- pettää verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
French
4 entries- duper verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- emporter verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- exalter verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- induire en erreur verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
German
4 entries- betören verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- in die Irre führen verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- irreführen verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- irreleiten verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
Greek
3 entries- διασκεδάζω verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- εξαπατώ verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- παραπλανώ verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
Italian
4 entries- adulare verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- distogliere verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- incantare verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- ingannare verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
Latin
1 entries- decipio verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
Macedonian
1 entries- залаже verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
Māori
4 entries- kohinu verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- whakakonuka verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- whakatūaho verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- ātahu verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- forlokke verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- friste verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- lokke verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
Portuguese
4 entries- distrair verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- encantar verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- enganar verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- entreter verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
Romanian
4 entries- ademeni verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- amăgi verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- captiva verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- fermeca verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
Russian
4 entries- обма́нывать verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- обману́ть verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- очаро́вывать verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- очарова́ть verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
Spanish
4 entries- cautivar verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- encanto engañador verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- encanto oculto verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- encanto secretivo verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
Turkish
4 entries- ayartmak verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- ayartmak verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- baştan çıkarmak verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- kanına girmek verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
Ukrainian
4 entries- зачаро́вувати verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
- обдури́ти verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- обма́нювати verb (to deceive or delude (using guile))
- прина́джувати verb (to charm, delight, or captivate)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
But crafty Cytherea planned meanwhile / new arts, new schemes: that Cupid should conspire, / in likeness of Ascanius, to beguile / the queen with gifts, and kindle fierce desire, / and turn the marrow of her bones to fire.
Source: tatoeba (6798474)
See, to beguile the old folks, how the young folks lay their heads together!
Source: tatoeba (10298637)
He can beguile you with his manners.
Source: tatoeba (11572491)
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