beguile
/bɪˈɡʌɪl/
US pronunciation
American sound/bɪˈɡʌɪl/
bɪˈɡʌɪl
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
bɪ - ˈɡʌɪl -> beguile
Myanmar meaning
(v) ပျော်ရွှင်စေသည်။ အပျင်းပြေ စေသည်။ အချိန်ကို ပျော်ပျော်ပါးပါး ကုန်လွန် စေသည်။
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beguile /bÇ'gaÇl/ v (dated or fml )
၁။ ပျော်ရွှင်စေသည်။ အပျင်းပြေ စေသည်။ He beguiled us with many a tale of adventure.
၂။ ~ sth (with/by sth) အချိန်ကို ပျော်ပျော်ပါးပါး ကုန်လွန် စေသည်။ They sang songs to beguile the tedium of the long journey.
၃။ ~ sb (into doing sth) လိမ်သည်။ လှည့်ဖြားသည်။ They were beguiled into giving him large sums of money.
❏ beguiling adj အပြောအပြကောင်းကောင်းနှင့် နားယောင်စေ သော။ beguiling advertisements. beguilingly adv
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entice, lure, woo, charm, captivate, mesmerize, hypnotize, fascinate, enthrall, put under a spell, appeal to, attract, amuse, betray, bluff, burn, cheat, cheer, chisel, con, deceive, delight, delude, distract, divert, double-cross, dupe, engross, entertain, exploit, finesse, flimflam, fool, gyp, have, hoodwink, impose on, jockey, juggle, knock dead, knock out, manipulate, mislead, occupy, play, play for a sucker, rook, rope in, scam, seduce, send, shave, slay, snow, solace, stick, string along, suck in, sweep off one's feet, take, take in, tickle, tickle pink, tickle to death, trick, turn on, vamp, wow
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