bewitching

Examples

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• When, after years of silence, Cat—the bewitching, charismatic center of their group—urgently requests that the three meet at their college reunion, Pen can't refuse.

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• He cannot explain the bewitching power he has over large audiences.

• Ah, Velvet, you are the most delightful and bewitching woman I have ever met.

  The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)

• You're a bewitching little creature.

  The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

• But she had an aura about her that was authentically bewitching, and whatever her motives, I found myself rooting for her.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I expected the Vestal Virgins to make an appearance, but instead, tranquilizing music drifted from his speakers and added to the bewitching atmosphere.

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• The actress gave a bewitching performance that captivated the entire audience.

• The garden was filled with bewitching flowers that attracted numerous visitors.

Synonyms

F

fascinating

vsbewitching

596 2.0

Very interesting in a way that keeps your attention

puts extra weight on the idea of seeming to cast a spell

I

irresistible

vsbewitching

87 3.8

Too attractive to refuse

relies more on seeming spelllike charm than on sheer force

S

seductive

vsbewitching

• NSFW

50 5.5

Causes someone to feel attracted and want something or do something

focuses less on prompting action and more on spelllike allure

E

enchanting

vsbewitching

29 3.7

Very attractive in a way that feels like magic

focuses more on seeming to cast a spell on people

A

alluring

vsbewitching

28 5.2

Very attractive in a way that makes people feel interested or want it

is about attraction that seems to work like a magical influence

E

enticing

vsbewitching

28 4.9

Attractive and likely to make you want something

leans more toward charm that seems to cast a spell on observers

T

tantalizing

vsbewitching

• US

27 6.3

Very attractive in a way that makes you want it but you cannot have it

emphasizes a spelllike attractiveness rather than teasing scarcity

C

captivating

vsbewitching

20 4.2

Holding people's attention because it is pleasant and interesting

adds the sense that the attraction seems to cast a spell

H

hypnotic

vsbewitching

17 6.1

Keeping your attention so you cannot look away

is similar but implies charming attraction rather than a trance effect

M

mesmerizing

vsbewitching

• US

16 5.5

A person or thing that holds your full attention as if by magic

focuses more on attractive charm that seems like a spell

B

beguiling

vsbewitching

10 7.4

Attractive in a way that makes you trust someone who then tricks you

is similar but centers on seeming magical charm rather than trickery

E

enthralling

vsbewitching

7 5.8

Very interesting in a way that keeps your attention

focuses more on charm that feels like a magical hold

S

spellbinding

vsbewitching

4 5.8

Makes you watch and listen because it feels like magic

emphasizes attraction that appears to act like a spell on people

E

entrancing

vsbewitching

2 5.8

So beautiful or interesting that it holds your full attention

conveys attraction that feels like a personal spell on observers

C

charming

vsbewitching

1 8.2

Having magic power to change people or things

focuses on attractive effect on people rather than on using powers

Antonyms

U

unattractive

42 1.8

Not pleasant to look at or to the senses

U

uninviting

2 4.6

Not pleasant or welcoming and likely to keep people away

How Enchanting

spellbinding

4 5.8

bewitching

5 6.6

enchanting

29 3.7

charming

450 1.0

attractive

653 1.0

pleasing

58 2.0

Surface Forms

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