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unbeguiling

unbeguiling is the present participle and gerund of unbeguile.

Meaning of unbeguile

Verb

unbeguile (third-person singular simple present unbeguiles, present participle unbeguiling, simple past and past participle unbeguiled)

  1. (transitive) To set (someone) free from the influence of guile; to undeceive.
    • Then unbeguile thy ſelfe, and know with mee, / That Angels, though on earth employd they bee, / Are ſtill in heav'n, ſo is hee ſtill at home / That doth, abroad, to honeſt actions come.1614 January 4, J[ohn] Donne, “Ecclogve. 1613. December 26 [Julian calendar].”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633...

Adjective

unbeguiling (comparative more unbeguiling, superlative most unbeguiling)

  1. Not beguiling.

Forms of unbeguiling

comparativemore unbeguiling
superlativemost unbeguiling

Words formed from unbeguiling

Questions about unbeguiling

What does unbeguiling mean?
Unbeguiling means not beguiling.
What is unbeguiling the present participle and gerund of?
Unbeguiling is the present participle and gerund of unbeguile.
What part of speech is unbeguiling?
Unbeguiling is an adjective.

Words near unbeguiling in the dictionary

  1. unbegrudgingly
  2. unbeguilable
  3. unbeguile
  4. unbeguiled
  5. unbeguiles
  6. unbeguiling
  7. unbeguilingly
  8. unbegun
  9. unbehaving
  10. unbeheaded
  11. unbeheld

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unbeguiling (page history and authors); unbeguile (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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