About The Word Guile
Learn about the word Guile to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Guile definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Guile
| Guile Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Guile?
[n] the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
[n] the quality of being crafty [n] shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception Synonyms | Synonyms for Guile: chicanery | craft | craftiness | craftiness | cunning | deceitfulness | foxiness | shenanigan | slyness | trickery | wile | wiliness Related Terms | Find terms related to Guile: acuteness | art | artfulness | artifice | astuteness | cageyness | callidity | canniness | cleverness | craft | craftiness | cunning | cunningness | deceit | deceitfulness | dissemblance | dissimulation | duplicity | falseheartedness | falseness | fine Italian hand | finesse | foxiness | furtiveness | gamesmanship | hypocrisy | indirection | ingeniousness | insidiousness | inventiveness | Italian hand | one-upmanship | readiness | resourcefulness | satanic cunning | sharpness | shiftiness | shrewdness | slipperiness | slyness | sneak attack | sneakiness | sophistry | stealth | stealthiness | subtilty | subtleness | subtlety | suppleness | surreptitiousness | treacherousness | trickiness | underhandedness | wariness | wiles | wiliness | wit See Also | astuteness | deceit | deception | disingenuousness | dissembling | dissimulation | dupery | fraud | fraudulence | hoax | humbug | jugglery | perspicaciousness | perspicacity | put-on | shrewdness Guile In Webster's Dictionary \Guile\, n. [OE. guile, gile, OF. guile; of German origin,
and the same word as E. wile. See {Wile}.]
Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit;
treachery.
Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. --John
i. 47.
To wage by force or guile eternal war. --Milton.
\Guile\, v. t. [OF. guiler. See {Guile}, n.] To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [Obs.] --Spenser. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Kashmiri ‐ the official state language of Kashmir [n] a member of the people…
- Scoke ‐ tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers…
- Screw wrench ‐ adjustable wrench that has one jaw that can be adjusted by turning…
- Annelid worm ‐ worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and…
- Juvenility ‐ the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person [n]…
- Atelier ‐ a studio especially for an artist…
- Genus gloriosa ‐ sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae; one species:…
- Ruinously ‐ in a ruinous manner or to a ruinous degree; "ruinously…
- Sure thing ‐ something that is certain; "his victory is a…
- Finishing touch ‐ a final touch; a crowning achievement; a…