enchantment
- noun
- /ɪnˈtʃæntmənt/
- Walking through the ancient forest, I felt a sense of enchantment at the beauty of nature.
- experience of enchantment
I think it's generally the enchantment of learning about your own chemistry.
- I think it's generally the enchantment of learning about your own chemistry.
- Reciprocation is a very powerful force to make your enchantment endure.
- And for a while, while we're in that world, while the enchantment holds, we believe it and we see it as true.
- Another is a story of a relationship with a Jewish student whose enchantment with Yiddish and the manner in which the syntax of an literary.
- How do they supplement a theory of enchantment?
Examples
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This really is the land of enchantment.
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India is a land of differences that veil our senses in enchantment and beauty.
Academic text (1996) -
In part, we lose enchantment with the world because we lose touch with nature.
Academic text (1995) -
Usually, this primary experience of enchantment is associated with nature.
Academic text (1995) -
The world had lost some of its enchantment.
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I remembered the sheer enchantment on his face, the wonder in his blue eyes.
Fiction book (1998) -
And for a while, while we're in that world, while the enchantment holds, we believe it and we see it as true.
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This is the entrance to a world of glamour and enchantment.
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In this vision of the world, enchantment is indeed an experience of wondrous glory.
Academic text (1995) -
I enthusiastically join the festivities with a mix of fascination and enchantment.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
A feeling of enjoyment or happiness from something
A strong feeling of great happiness
A very strong interest that makes you pay close attention
The feeling of pleasure you get from something
A strong, happy feeling of excitement
A feeling of being happy and pleased
A feeling that something is nice and enjoyable
A great pleasure you feel when you enjoy something
A strong feeling of being very interested and charmed by something
A strong feeling of being very interested and unable to look away
A strong feeling of great happiness
A quality that makes people feel great pleasure
A feeling of deep wonder and delight that makes you unable to look away
A feeling of great joy and wonder
A strong feeling of wonder and surprise at a very bright or impressive sight
A strong feeling of happy excitement that makes you smile
A feeling of great happiness and pleasure
A quiet feeling of being happy and satisfied
A quality that makes a person or place seem very pleasant and attractive
Compounds
Official nickname for the US state of New Mexico about its beautiful land and rich culture
How Delighted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enchantment in the sense of great delight comes from the same idea: a magic chant could make people feel as if they were under a spell. So to feel enchantment is to feel a special pleasure or wonder, just as if a small magic charm had been put on you.