What part of speech is beguiling?

Beguiling can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. beguiling is a verb, gerund of beguile (infinitive).
  • 2. beguiling is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more beguiling
    most beguiling
  • Positive: beguiling 
  • Comparative: more beguiling
  • Superlative: most beguiling

What does beguiling mean?

Definitions

Adjective

beguiling - misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods; "taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes"
beguiling - highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation"

Verb

beguile - attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
beguile - influence by slyness

Noun

beguiling - A beguilement.

Examples of beguiling

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes.
2. adj. The voice was low and beguiling.
3. verb 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.
4. verb 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.
5. verb 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.
6. verb 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.
Sentence  
adj.
Taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes.
The voice was low and beguiling.
verb
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.
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.
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.
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.

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