misleiden — meaning in English

English meaning

• bamboozle verb To trick or deceive someone, often to make them look foolish.
• beguile verb To trick someone cleverly, using charm or cunning.
• deceive verb To trick or mislead someone into believing something false.
• delude verb To make someone believe something untrue, often about themselves or their situation.
• hoodwink verb To cover someone's eyes, as with a hood, so they cannot see.
• jive noun A lively swing dance, or the jazz/swing music it's danced to.
• mislead verb To cause someone to believe something untrue, whether on purpose or by accident.
• spoof noun A humorous imitation that pokes fun at something, especially a film, show, or genre.
• trick noun An action meant to deceive, fool, or outsmart someone.

Senses

misleiden is used for these senses in English:

• bamboozle (transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
• beguile (transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).
• deceive (transitive) To trick or mislead.
• delude (transitive) To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
• hoodwink To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead.
• jive (transitive, intransitive, US, colloquial) To deceive; to be deceptive.
• spoof (transitive) To deceive.
• trick (transitive) To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.

bamboozle — full definition

1. verb To trick or deceive someone, often to make them look foolish.
2. verb To confuse or puzzle someone completely.

beguile — full definition

1. verb To trick someone cleverly, using charm or cunning.
2. verb To attract and delight someone completely.
3. verb To make time seem to go by fast through an enjoyable distraction.

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