Definitions for guile
gaɪlguile

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wilinessnoun

   shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

2. craftiness, deceitfulness, guilenoun

   the quality of being crafty

3. trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigannoun

   the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. guilenoun

   Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.

2. guilenoun

   deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty

3. guileverb

   to deceive, to beguile

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GUILEnoun

   the same with wile. Deceitful cunning; insidious artifice; mischievous subtilty.

   Etymology: guille, gille, old French,

   With fawning words he courted her awhile,
   And looking lovely, and oft sighing sore,
   Her constant heart did court with divers guile;
   But words and looks, and sighs she did abhor. Fairy Queen.

   When I have most need to employ a friend,
   Deep, hollow, treacherous, and full of guile,
   Be he to me! This do I beg of heav’n,
   When I am cold in zeal to you or yours. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   We may, with more successful hope, resolve
   To wage by force or guile eternal war. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

   Nor thou his malice and false guile contemn:
   Subtile he needs must be who could seduce
   Angels. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ix.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. guile

   Guile is the use of clever, dishonest, or deceptive strategies or trickery to achieve a particular purpose or manipulate someone's behavior or opinion. It involves cunning, slyness, and deceitfulness.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Guilenoun

   craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery

2. Guilenoun

   to disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude

3. Etymology: [OF. guiler. See Guile, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Guile

   Guile is a character in Capcom's Street Fighter series of fighting games. He debuted as one of the original eight characters in 1991's Street Fighter II and appeared in the game's subsequent updates. In the games he is portrayed as a major in the United States Army who is seeking to avenge the death of his army buddy Charlie at the hands of the villainous dictator M. Bison. One of the most popular characters in the series, Guile has appeared in other Street Fighter games, including Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Street Fighter IV. He is also a playable character in various spin-off titles, such as the Street Fighter EX, Marvel vs. Capcom and SNK vs. Capcom series. In addition, Guile has appeared in other Street Fighter media. He is one of the main characters in the 1994 live action Street Fighter film and its animated spin-off, as well as Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie. The character has also been featured in various official comics and merchandise. Guile has been perceived as one of the more unique Street Fighter II characters in both appearance and gameplay. He is noted as having only two signature moves in the game, both of which are performed by first holding a direction on the joystick - the Sonic Boom and somersault. Guile has been well received, with the character often placing highly in various lists of the best Street Fighter characters of all time.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Guile

   gīl, n. wile, jugglery: cunning: deceit.—v.t. (Spens.) to beguile.—p.adj. Guiled, armed with deceit: treacherous.—adj. Guile′ful, crafty: deceitful.—adv. Guile′fully.—n. Guile′fulness.—adj. Guile′less, without deceit: artless.—adv. Guile′lessly.—ns. Guile′lessness; Guil′er (Spens.), a deceiver. [O. Fr. guile, deceit; from a Teut. root, as in A.S. wíl, Ice. vel, a trick.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GUILE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Guile is ranked #33530 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Guile surname appeared 680 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Guile.
   
   89.5% or 609 total occurrences were White.
   4.5% or 31 total occurrences were Black.
   3.3% or 23 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.4% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Deception
   • Disingenuousness
   • Shrewdness

How to pronounce guile?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say guile in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of guile in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of guile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of guile in a Sentence

1. The Mighty and ABC News:

   Someone who is able to live a life of empathy and sympathy, and without agendas or guile, is someone we all want to know. It worked out for you, because of the person you are. i don’t know what the odds are of a woman born with Down syndrome marrying the love of her life.

2. Dermot Shea:

   We can do it with brains, we can do it with guile, we can move away from brute force.

3. Metastasio:

   He who devises evil for another falls at last into his own pit, and the most cunning finds himself caught by what he had prepared for another. But virtue without guile, erect like the lofty palm, rises with greater vigour when it is oppressed.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=guile
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Guile
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=guile
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guile
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=guile
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=guile
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html