entrancing

entrancing
    adj 1: capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile";
           "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting
           music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of
           entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman" [syn:
           {bewitching}, {captivating}, {enchanting}, {enthralling},
           {entrancing}, {fascinating}]
    

entrancing \entrancing\ adj.
   same as {enthralling}.

   Syn: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling,
        fascinating.
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Entrance \En*trance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entranced}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Entrancing}.] [Pref. en- + trance.]
   1. To put into a trance; to make insensible to present
      objects.
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            Him, still entranced and in a litter laid,
            They bore from field and to the bed conveyed.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder;
      to enrapture; to charm.
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            And I so ravished with her heavenly note,
            I stood entranced, and had no room for thought.
                                                  --Dryden.
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66 Moby Thesaurus words for "entrancing":
      Circean, alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling,
      bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching,
      charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish,
      delightful, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling,
      enticing, exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching,
      flirtatious, glamorous, heart-robbing, hypnotic, illusionary,
      illusive, illusory, interesting, intriguing, inviting,
      irresistible, lovely, luxurious, mesmeric, mouth-watering, piquant,
      prepossessing, provocative, provoquant, ravishing, seducing,
      seductive, sensuous, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful,
      taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thrilling, tickling,
      titillating, titillative, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching