enchanted
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5.6
- adjective
- /ɪnˈtʃæntɪd/
- The children walked through an enchanted forest filled with magical creatures.
- an enchanted castle
- an enchanted world
- an enchanted evening
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Watch on YouTubeShe's enchanted and can't shake it off.
- She's enchanted and can't shake it off.
- These take faster hold of my mind than ideas of a fiction like an enchanted castle.
- The epigraph is from one of my favorite poets, Harriet Mullen, and it reads, Was she enchanted or drugged?
- These are the L'Oreal Paradise enchanted scented blushes.
Examples
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It's like we're in a snow cave, an enchanted tunnel of light," Jane whispers.
Fiction book (1996) -
In the snowy forest, in the enchanted land to which Marie and her prince had come, the Snowflakes danced.
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OK, my next question says you can enter an enchanted garden.
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But for some reason, she was completely enchanted and unable to think of giving orders.
Fiction book (1992) -
And he gives her a smile more beautiful than any enchanted Meadow or pool of stars.
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Once upon a time, there was an enchanted prince who ruled the land beyond the Wobbles.
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The return to Gala is a return to the enchanted, natural, animistic world of paganism.
Academic text (1997) -
It's in an enchanted forest, abundant in squirrels and cute little duckies and--
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His editor comments that for children, ruins became mysterious caves and enchanted palaces in which one could play marvellously.
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She felt completely enchanted by the beautiful music and vibrant colors of the festival.
Synonyms
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3.7
Having a special, beautiful quality that makes people feel amazed
49
4.2
Feeling very pleased and attracted by something, as if under a spell
19
3.9
Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening
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6.9
Very interested and full of wonder, unable to look away
10
5.8
Amazed and very happy so you cannot look away
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5.2
So interested that you cannot stop watching or listening
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7.4
Under a magical spell and very attracted to someone or something
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7.7
You feel charmed and full of wonder
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9.9
Under a magic spell that makes you do what someone wants
Antonyms
How Magical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enchanted comes from the Latin root cantare, which means 'to sing', and is the same root as the English word chant. People long ago believed a song or chant could be a real spell, so to be enchanted is to be put 'under a magic spell' or to feel full of wonder.