enchanting
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3.7
- adjective
- /ɪnˈtʃæntɪŋ/
:
encantador
- Time passes ever so gently in this enchanting place, which is contentedly sheltered from the rush of contemporary life.
- so enchanting
And she was delightful and enchanting and magnificent.
- And she was delightful and enchanting and magnificent.
- That is his whole Ted Talk in a beautiful, encapsulating, enchanting story.
- And there is the infatuation with the parts of somebody's being that are flashy or very enchanting at the beginning.
- They invest this script, which are just words on a page with emotional content, and that's what makes their performance enchanting.
- OK, today it says some gardens flourish and enchanting patterns without a gardener's touch.
- Then I was Deb of the year and I had this enchanting, entitled life.
Examples
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Her voice was so enchanting that everyone in the audience was captivated.
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"What is that enchanting little picture in the window?" the Duchess said to her maid-in-waiting.
Fiction book (1994) -
I had the most enchanting time of my life.
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- What an enchanting place.
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Nature is much more enchanting to me now than it was when I knew less about it.
Academic text (2002) -
- I'll say, this really is the most enchanting room.
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Seriously, she was the most enchanting woman I'd ever met.
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One night, the brothers heard the distant and enchanting sound of someone singing.
Fiction book (2000) -
I just wanted to thank you for hosting this absolutely enchanting soiree.
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Book a room at the enchanting gingerbread-style Hotel Oloffson of Graham Greene's The Comedians fame.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
577
2.0
Very interesting in a way that keeps your attention
239
3.7
Having a special, beautiful quality that makes people feel amazed
31
3.5
Causing people to like someone because they are cute or kind
25
4.9
Attractive and likely to make you want something
24
5.2
Very attractive in a way that makes people feel interested or want it
14
6.1
Keeping your attention so you cannot look away
14
4.2
Holding people's attention because it is pleasant and interesting
12
5.5
A person or thing that holds your full attention as if by magic
8
8.2
Having magic power to change people or things
7
5.8
Very interesting in a way that keeps your attention
7
7.4
Attractive in a way that makes you trust someone who then tricks you
4
5.8
Makes you watch and listen because it feels like magic
1
5.8
So beautiful or interesting that it holds your full attention
1
6.6
Very attractive in a way that seems to cast a spell
Antonyms
How Charming
1
6.6
1
5.8
14
4.2
22
3.7
418
1.0
138
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word enchanting comes from the parts en- and chant, and chant means 'to sing', the same root as the English word chant. So something enchanting is like a beautiful, magic song that 'charms' you and keeps your attention.