beguiling

Questions about beguiling

What does beguiling mean?

beguiling means "highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in beguiling?

beguiling has 3 syllables: be-gui-ling. The stress falls on "gui". In IPA it is /bɪˈɡaɪlɪŋ/.

What is another word for beguiling?

Close synonyms include alluring, enticing, tempting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beguiling a common word?

beguiling is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.