enchanting
adj.
charming, delightful, attractive; bewitching
enchant
v.
charm, captivate, fascinate; bewitch by means of magical spells and incantations, entrance
Enchantment
enchanting
Adjective
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"
(synonym) bewitching, captivating, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating
(similar) attractive
enchant
Verb
1. hold spellbound
(synonym) enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight
(antonym) disenchant, disillusion
(hypernym) please, delight
(derivation) enchantment, spell, trance
2. attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
(synonym) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance
(hypernym) attract, appeal
(hyponym) hold
(derivation) captivation, enchantment, enthrallment, fascination
3. cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
(synonym) hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, jinx
(hypernym) charm, becharm
(hyponym) voodoo
(derivation) enchantment, spell, trance
Enchanting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Enchant
(a.)
Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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enchanting
Synonyms and related words:
Circean, absorbing, alluring, appealing, appetizing, arresting, attractive, authoritative, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, consequential, consuming, coquettish, delectable, delightful, effective, effectual, efficacious, engaging, engrossing, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, estimable, exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, glamorous, gripping, heart-robbing, holding, hypnotic, illusionary, illusive, illusory, important, influential, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, lovely, luxurious, magnetic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, momentous, mouth-watering, obsessing, obsessive, personable, persuasive, piquant, pleasing, potent, powerful, prepossessing, prestigious, provocative, provoquant, ravishing, reputable, seducing, seductive, sensuous, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, strong, suasive, substantial, taking, tantalizing, teasing, telling, tickling, titillating, titillative, voluptuous, weighty, winning, winsome, witching
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.