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• v  influence by slyness
• v  attract; cause to be enamored
• s  highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
  the voice was low and beguiling
• s  misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods
  taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes

• She often treated her men with beguiling degrees of indulgence, pity and contempt.
• Vicky (English stage actress Rebecca Hall, who was the beguiling pawn of two magicians in The Prestige) wrote her master's in Catalan Identity.
• Tan's mix of professionalism and puckishness presents a charming picture to strangers, one that is no less beguiling to those who work with her every day.

• juggle
• beguile
• hoodwink
• capture
• enamour
• trance
• catch
• becharm
• enamor
• captivate
• charm
• fascinate
• bewitch
• entrance
• enchant
• alluring
• enticing
• tempting

News & Articles

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• BART's Dorothy Dugger Just the Latest Transit Boss to Earn Bucks for Not Working
  The news that erstwhile BART general manager Dorthy Dugger remains the rail service's highest-paid employee -- despite being offboarded by BART's board of directors in 2011 -- is beguiling. Sadl...
  June 10, 2013 - SF Weekly Blogs
• The Best Game of Thrones Recap Reader Comments: ‘The Rains of Castamere’
  In her recap of this week's unforgettable episode of Game of Thrones, Nina Shen Rastogi wondered what purpose was served by all the violence; does it show "unsentimental truths about the harsh world" or "is it flirting with bloodlust from behind its beguiling, prestige-cable lashes?" Readers had many more reactions to ... More »
  June 6, 2013 - Vulture

Quotes

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• David Stern in Forbes
  Jones said the screen will help fans in the upper decks feel engaged in the game, but Stern warned that such video screens "are so beguiling the fans are just going to sit there and watch the board."
• KT Tunstall in Washington Post
  Cat Power's album quickly got under my skin,Tunstall said of Power's critically acclaimed "The Greatest." "She has one of the most beguiling voices around. `The Greatest' is an immediate classic that will never age."
• Howard Dean in Rutland Herald
  The last letter I got from him was in August,Dean writes in a foreword to Bryant's book. "He was in Laos then and talked about how beguiling the Lao were, how gentle they were. He also wrote about the sounds of artillery shells exploding...