guileful

Meanings

• adjective

  Cunning or deceitful in behavior or character.

  - "His guileful actions fooled the entire jury."
  - "She was a guileful liar who could deceive anyone."
  - "The guileful thief picked the lock and entered the house."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with guileful
smileful , vileful , wileful

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Homophones

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1. guild (en) : An association of artisans or merchants.
   

2. guilt (en) : A feeling of remorse for having done something wrong.
   

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Variants

List of all variants of guileful that leads to same result
guile , guileful , guilefully , guilefulness , guilefulnesses , guiles

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Forms

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guilelessly, more guileful

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Etymology

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Derived from the Old French word 'gile', meaning 'jest' or 'deceit'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'guileful' contains the letter 'l' three times.

2. Guileful is a homophone of the word 'guild', which is an association of artisans or merchants.

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Related Concepts

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1. cunning: Cunning refers to being clever and resourceful, often in a deceitful or manipulative way.

2. deceit: Deceit refers to the act of deliberately misleading or tricking someone.

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Quotes

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1. The going was painfully slow, but Chickenhound consoled himself on the long journey by boosting his own ego. "Maybe a silly bunch of rats could put one over on Sela. Huh, she was old and had lost a lot of her "guile". Not like me! They hadn't reckoned with a smart intelligent young fox like I am."

   - Brian Jacques,{it}Redwall{/it},(1986) 2002

2. Untrained human nature was not frank and innocent; it was full of the twists and defences of an instinctive "guile".

   - Edith Wharton,{it}The Age of Innocence{/it},1920

3. By the end of Liebling's dispatch, Mollie has become a mythic figure invulnerable to death, capable of great feats of courage and "guile", and able to transform himself into any human type for the purposes of disguise.

   - Lee Siegel,{it}Harper's{/it},December 2004

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Culture

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Guileful is a term often used in literature and storytelling to describe characters who use cunning and deceit to achieve their goals. In art, it can be depicted as a sly or mischievous expression or posture.

How to Memorize "guileful"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine someone making a sly or mischievous face to visualize the meaning of guileful.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word guileful with cunning or deceitful characters from literature or movies.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the Old French origin of the word 'gile', meaning 'jest' or 'deceit'.

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