The meaning of Inveigle

noun

The quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.

Usage examples:

People for whom gold holds no allure

verb

Powerfully attract or charm; tempt.

Usage examples:

Will sponsors really be allured by such opportunities?

verb

Cheat or fool.

Usage examples:

He bamboozled canada's largest banks in a massive counterfeit scam

verb

To trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them

Usage examples:

She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number.

verb

To trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them

Usage examples:

Don't get bamboozled by all the jargon., she was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number.

verb

Charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way.

Usage examples:

He beguiled the voters with his good looks

verb

To charm, attract, or interest, sometimes in order to deceive

Usage examples:

I had to show i was not beguiled by his good looks., a beguiling smile

verb

Coax (someone) with kind words or flattery.

Usage examples:

I was blandishing her with imprudences to get her off the subject

verb

To try to persuade someone by saying pleasant things

Usage examples:

Artfully he flattered and blandished him., they cook simple, blandish food.

phrasal verb

Flatter with the intention of getting something

phrasal verb

To please someone, esp. by praising that person in order to get him or her to agree to something

Usage examples:

A company wishing to influence the government must butter up both parties in the house and the sena…

verb

Persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery.

Usage examples:

He hoped to cajole her into selling the house

verb

To try to persuade someone to do something by saying things that please the person or make the person feel important

Usage examples:

She is constantly cajoling her fellow citizens to adopt modern ideas and methods.

verb

Gently and persistently persuade (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

The trainees were coaxed into doing boring work

noun

Coaxial cable.

Usage examples:

After all, you can't lay fiber, buy cable modems and pay for cable tv with surplus coax.

adjective

Coaxial.

Usage examples:

Coax connectors

verb

Persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them.

Usage examples:

I conned him into giving me your home number

noun

An instance of deceiving or tricking someone.

Usage examples:

The charter is a glossy public relations con

noun

A disadvantage of or argument against something.

Usage examples:

Borrowers have to weigh up the pros and cons of each mortgage offer

verb

Cause (someone) to believe firmly in the truth of something.

Usage examples:

Robert's expression had obviously convinced her of his innocence

verb

To cause someone to believe something or to do something

Usage examples:

We tried to convince my grandfather to live with us., [ + (that) clause ] i’m convinced (that) she’…

verb

Deceive; trick.

Usage examples:

The newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story

noun

A victim of deception.

Usage examples:

Men who were simply the dupes of their unscrupulous leaders

verb

Make a duplicate or copy of.

Usage examples:

How to dupe 35 mm slides on to 35 mm film

verb

Catch in or as in a trap.

Usage examples:

They were ensnared in city centre traffic

verb

Take or catch as if in a trap

verb

To catch or get control of something or someone

Usage examples:

Spiders ensnare flies and other insects in their webs., be ensnared in they wanted to make a formal…

verb

Attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage.

Usage examples:

A show which should entice a new audience into the theatre

verb

To attract someone to a particular place or activity by offering something pleasant or advantageous

Usage examples:

People are enticed away from government jobs by higher salaries.

verb

Lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one's own interests.

Usage examples:

She was flattering him in order to avoid doing what he wanted

adjective

Having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations.

Usage examples:

He sat down on a flat rock

verb

To make someone feel important or attractive, or to praise someone in order to please him or her

Usage examples:

They were flattered by the invitation from the mayor., saying i was the best ever was too obvious a…

noun

A person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person.

Usage examples:

I felt a bit of a fool

verb

Trick or deceive (someone); dupe.

Usage examples:

He fooled nightclub managers into believing he was a successful businessman

adjective

Foolish; silly.

Usage examples:

That damn fool waiter

verb

Tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward.

Usage examples:

The child was lured into a car but managed to escape

noun

Something that tempts or is used to tempt a person or animal to do something.

Usage examples:

The film industry always has been a glamorous lure for young girls

noun

Variant spelling of lur.

verb

Induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.

Usage examples:

It wasn't easy, but i persuaded him to do the right thing

verb

Cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief

verb

Entice (someone) into sexual activity.

Usage examples:

A lawyer had seduced a female client

verb

Lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct

verb

To persuade or trick someone into doing something by making it very attractive

Usage examples:

Nowadays you have to seduce students into learning through colorful graphics or exciting adventure …

verb

To try to persuade someone to do what you want by saying pleasant things to them

noun

A gullible or easily deceived person.

Usage examples:

If suckers will actually pay to do the work, more fool them

verb

Fool or trick (someone).

Usage examples:

They got suckered into accepting responsibility

noun

A person who believes everything you say and is therefore easy to deceive

Usage examples:

Josie’s a sucker for burnt almond ice cream., my car won’t start again, and hopefully between the t…

verb

To talk to someone in a very kind or pleasant way because you want to persuade that person to do, allow, or believe something

Usage examples:

I tried to sweet talk my way out of going.

verb

Speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words.

Usage examples:

The two men talked

noun

Communication by spoken words; conversation or discussion.

Usage examples:

There was a slight but noticeable lull in the talk

verb

Entice or try to entice (someone) to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or unwise.

Usage examples:

There'll always be someone tempted by the rich pickings of poaching

verb

To encourage someone to want to have or do something, esp. something wrong

Usage examples:

I’m trying to diet – don’t tempt me with that cake!, any free offer is always tempting.

verb

To make someone want to have or do something, especially something that is unnecessary or wrong

Usage examples:

Tempt someone into doing something the offer of free credit tempted her into buying a new car., [ +…

verb

Use flattery or coaxing in order to persuade someone to do something or give one something.

Usage examples:

She wheedled her way on to the guest list

verb

To try to persuade someone to do something or to give you something by using your charm and by repeatedly asking in a way that would make refusal embarrassing

Usage examples:

[ t always + adv/prep ] he wasn’t going to tell me but i wheedled it out of him.