beguilements
Tricks that captivate
Beguilements are things that beguile—that charm, deceive, or pleasantly distract.
The word carries both positive and negative shades: entertainment that makes time pass agreeably, or allurements that lead someone astray.
The beguilements of city life drew her away from the farm.
He fell for her beguilements and signed the contract without reading it.
Attractive, tempting quality
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- fascinationIntense absorbed interest
- charmAttractive personal quality
enticement · captivation · flirtation · wiles · coquetry · magnetism · bewitchment · sirens
Deliberate deception or fraud
- wilesDeceptive stratagems
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
subterfuge · duplicity · manipulation · ruses · stratagems · machinations · pretenses · dissembling
Magical utterances or intervals
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- witchcraftPractice of supernatural magic
- glamourFascinating, elegant attractiveness
conjuring · incantations · charms · hexes · bewitchment · mysticism · enchantress · wizardry
Entertainments or alternate routes
- amusementsPleasurable diversions or pastimes
- distractionsThings disrupting concentration
- pastimesRecreational leisure activities
- pleasuresSources of enjoyment
recreations · delights · enjoyments · frolics · entertainments · merriments · revels · dalliances
allure
Attractive, tempting quality
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- fascinationIntense absorbed interest
charm · enticement · captivation · flirtation · wiles · coquetry · magnetism · bewitchment · sirens · seductiveness
trickery
Deliberate deception or fraud
artifice · subterfuge · duplicity · manipulation · ruses · stratagems · machinations · pretenses · dissembling · chicanery
spells
Magical utterances or intervals
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- witchcraftPractice of supernatural magic
glamour · conjuring · incantations · charms · hexes · bewitchment · mysticism · enchantress · wizardry · potions
diversions
Entertainments or alternate routes
- amusementsPleasurable diversions or pastimes
- distractionsThings disrupting concentration
- pastimesRecreational leisure activities
pleasures · recreations · delights · enjoyments · frolics · entertainments · merriments · revels · dalliances · whimsy
beguilementscandor
Unguarded truthfulness
straight talk · truths · brutal honesty · forthrightness · sincerity
beguilementsdisenchantments
States of lost wonder
disillusions · rude awakenings · disillusionments · repulsions · deterrents
beguilementssobriety
Unimpaired mental state
seriousness · clear-headedness · mindfulness · hard facts · concentration