单词 | lead someone on |
释义 | (phrasal verb) Definition to trick (someone) into believing or doing something wrong Don't allow yourself to be led on. Synonyms entice Retailers will try almost anything to entice shoppers through their doors. tempt Don't let credit tempt you to buy something you can't afford. lure They did not realise that they were being lured into a trap. mislead Ministers knowingly misled the public. draw on seduce The view of the lake and plunging cliffs seduces visitors. deceive He has deceived and disillusioned us all. beguile He used his newspapers to beguile his readers. delude We delude ourselves that we are in control. hoodwink Many people are hoodwinked by the so-called beauty industry. inveigle She inveigles him in a plot to swindle the greedy CEO. string along (informal) Additional synonymsin the sense of beguile Definition to charm (someone) into doing something he or she would not normally do He used his newspapers to beguile his readers. Synonyms fool, trick, take in, cheat, con (informal), mislead, impose on, deceive, dupe, gull (archaic), delude, bamboozle, hoodwink, take for a ride (informal), befoolin the sense of deceive Definition to mislead by lying He has deceived and disillusioned us all. Synonyms take in, trick, fool (informal), cheat, con (informal), kid (informal), stiff (slang), sting (informal), mislead, betray, lead (someone) on (informal), hoax, dupe, beguile, delude, swindle, outwit, ensnare, bamboozle (informal), hoodwink, entrap, double-cross (informal), take for a ride (informal), pull a fast one on (slang), cozen, scam (slang), pull the wool over (someone's) eyes in the sense of delude Definition to make someone believe something that is not true We delude ourselves that we are in control. Synonyms deceive, kid (informal), fool, trick, take in (informal), cheat, con (informal), mislead, impose on, hoax, dupe, beguile, gull (archaic), bamboozle (informal), hoodwink, take for a ride (informal), pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead up the garden path (informal), cozen, misguide, scam (slang) Nearby words of |
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