guile (redirected from Guile (disambiguation))

guile  (gl)

n.

1. Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit.

2. Obsolete A trick or stratagem.

tr.v. guiled, guil·ing, guiles Archaic

To beguile; deceive.

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[Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English wigle, divination, sorcery.]

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guile [gaɪl]

n

clever or crafty character or behaviour

[from Old French guile, of Germanic origin; see wile]

guileful  adj

guilefully  adv

guilefulness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	guile - shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception craftiness, cunning, foxiness, slyness, wiliness, craft astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness - intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
	2.	guile - the quality of being crafty deceitfulness, craftiness disingenuousness - the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor
	3.	guile - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) chicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, chicane dissimulation, deception, dissembling, deceit - the act of deceiving dupery, hoax, put-on, humbug, fraud, fraudulence - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage jugglery - artful trickery designed to achieve an end; "the senator's tax program was mere jugglery"

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guile

noun cunning, craft, deception, deceit, trickery, duplicity, cleverness, art, gamesmanship (informal), craftiness, artfulness, slyness, trickiness, wiliness I love children's innocence and lack of guile.
honesty, sincerity, candour, frankness, truthfulness

Translations

guile [gaɪl] N → astucia f

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guile [ˈgaɪl] n → ruse f, astuce f

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guile

n → Tücke f, → (Arg)list f; to have guile → sehr tückisch or arglistig sein; without guile → ohne Arg, ohne Falsch (liter)

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guile [gaɪl] n → astuzia

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guile

n guile [gail]

the ability to deceive or trick people She used guile to get him to propose to her. lis, slinksheid مُكْر، إحْتيال النساء измама lest list; snuhed die List δόλος, εξαπάτηση astucia; maña para engañar salakavalus حیله juonikkuus ruse עָרמָה छल-कपट lukavština, prijevara ravaszság kelicikan vélabrögð, kænska astuzia, scaltrezza こうかつさ 간사한 꾀 klasta, apgaulė viltība; viltus tipu muslihat geleid projectiel list, falskhet podstęp(ność) manha viclenie лукавство lesť zvijača lukavstvo list เล่ห์เหลี่ยม hilekârlık 詐騙手段 обман; хитрість عیّاری ، مکّاری sự lừa đảo 诡计

adj guileless

honest; sincere a guileless person/smile. onskuldige, argelose صادِق، شريف откровен bezelstný ærlig; reel arglos άδολος, ειλικρινής sin malicia, ingenuo, cándido siiras صادق vilpitön sincère תָּמִים निष्कपट pošten, iskren jámbor jujur falslaus, einlægur schietto, franco 正直な 정직한 atviraširdis, atviras atklāts; vientiesīgs tidak bermuslihat, lurus eerlijk; onschuldig, argeloos uten svik, troskyldig szczery ingénuo sincer простодушный úprimný, nevinný odkrit iskren öppen, ärlig ซึ่งไร้เล่ห์เหลี่ยม hilesiz 坦率的 простодушний مخلص، ایماندار chân thật 坦率的

adv guilelessly

onskuldig, argeloos بصِدْق ، بِشَرَف откровено bezelstně ærligt; reelt arglos άδολα ingenuamente siiralt با صداقت vilpittömästi sincèrement בִּתמִימוּת निष्कपटता pošteno, iskreno naivan dengan jujur falslaust, af einlægni in modo schietto/sincero 正直に 정직하게 atviraširdiškai, atvirai atklāti; vientiesīgi tanpa muslihat eerlijk; in alle onschuld troskyldig otwarcie ingenuamente (în mod) sincer простодушно úprimne odkrito iskreno öppet, ärligt อย่างไร้เล่ห์เหลี่ยม hilesizce 坦率地 простодушно مخلصانہ انداز میں chân thật 坦率地

n guilelessness

onskuld, argeloosheid صِدْق، شَرَف честност bezelstnost ærlighed die Arglosigkeit αθωότητα, έλλειψη δόλου ingenuidad, candidez siirus روراستی vilpittömyys sincérité תְּמִימוּת निष्कपटता poštenje, iskrenost nyíltság; ártatlanság, naivitás kejujuran falsleysi, einlægni schiettezza 正直 정직함 atviraširdiškumas vientiesīgums sifat yang lurus onschuld, argeloosheid troskyldighet szczerość ingenuidade sinceritate простодушие úprimnosť odkritost iskrenost öppenhet, ärlighet ความไร้ซึ่งเล่ห์เหลี่ยม hilesizlik 坦率 простодушність امانداری tính chân thật 坦率