bewitching

bewitching
    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}]
    

Bewitching \Be*witch"ing\, a.
   Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting;
   captivating; charming. -- {Be*witch"ing*ly}, adv. --
   Be*witch"ing*ness, n.
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Bewitch \Be*witch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewitched}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Bewitching}.]
   1. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to
      affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.
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            See how I am bewitched; behold, mine arm
            Is like a blasted sapling withered up. --Shak.
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   2. To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to
      take away the power of resistance; to enchant.
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            The charms of poetry our souls bewitch. --Dryden.
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   Syn: To enchant; captivate; charm; entrance.
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67 Moby Thesaurus words for "bewitching":
      Circean, alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling,
      blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic,
      charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish, delightful, enchanting,
      engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting,
      exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, glamorous,
      heart-robbing, hypnotic, illusionary, illusive, illusory,
      interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, lovely, luxurious,
      magnetic, 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