bewitching

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be·witch

(bĭ-wĭch′)

tr.v. be·witched, be·witch·ing, be·witch·es

1. To place under one's power by magic; cast a spell over.

2. To captivate completely; fascinate. See Synonyms at charm.

[Middle English biwicchen : probably bi-, be- + wicchen (from Old English wiccian, from wicce, witch, or wicca, sorcerer); see weg- in Indo-European roots.]

be·witch′er n.

be·witch′er·y n.

be·witch′ing·ly adv.

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Adj.

bewitching - 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"

captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating

attractive - pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations"

bewitching

adjective

1. Pleasing to the eye or mind:

attractive, enchanting, engaging, enticing, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, lovely, prepossessing, pretty, sweet, taking, tempting, winning, winsome.

2. Tending to seduce:

alluring, come-hither, enticing, inveigling, inviting, luring, seductive, siren, tempting, witching.

Translations

ساحِر، فاتِن، خَلاّب

kouzelnýuhrančivý

forhekselsefortryllelse

bezaubernd

délicieux enchanteur ensorcelant ravissant

elbűvölő

töfrandi

bewitching

[bɪˈwɪtʃɪŋ] ADJ → cautivador

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bewitching

[bɪˈwɪtʃɪŋ] adj [smile, beauty] → enchanteur/teresse; [combination] → séduisant(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bewitching

adj, bewitchingly

adv → bezaubernd, hinreißend

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bewitching

[bɪˈwɪtʃɪŋ] adj (fig) (person) → affascinante, seducente; (smile, look) → ammaliatore/trice

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bewitch

(biˈwitʃ) verb

to cast a spell on, to charm. She bewitched us with her smile.

beˈwitching adjective

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I long to see her, and shall certainly accept your kind invitation, that I may form some idea of those bewitching powers which can do so much--engaging at the same time, and in the same house, the affections of two men, who were neither of them at liberty to bestow them- -and all this without the charm of youth!

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"Oh, you bewitching little scamp, CAN'T you be quiet just a minute or two, and let your poor old uncle attend to a part of his duties?"

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As she stood by her throne at the head of the banquet table every eye was turned eagerly upon the lovely Princess, who was as dignified as she was bewitching, and who smiled upon all her old and new friends in a way that touched their hearts and brought an answering smile to every face.

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Anatole asked Natasha for a valse and as they danced he pressed her waist and hand and told her she was bewitching and that he loved her.

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Even old Lobbs himself, in the very height of his ferocity, couldn't resist the coaxing of his pretty daughter; and when she, and her cousin Kate--an arch, impudent-looking, bewitching little person--made a dead set upon the old man together, as, to say the truth, they very often did, he could have refused them nothing, even had they asked for a portion of the countless and inexhaustible treasures, which were hidden from the light, in the iron safe.

Old Lobbs turned his head away, as if to avoid being persuaded by them, when, as fortune would have it, he encountered the face of the wicked little cousin, who, half afraid for her brother, and half laughing at Nathaniel Pipkin, presented as bewitching an expression of countenance, with a touch of slyness in it, too, as any man, old or young, need look upon.

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Her gown was of a soft white silky stuff that clung to her round young figure like a fish's skin, and it was rippled over with the gracefulest little fringy films of lace; she had deep, tender eyes, with long, curved lashes; and she had peachy cheeks, and a dimpled chin, and such a dear little rosebud of a mouth; and she was so dovelike, so pure, and so gracious, so sweet and so bewitching. For long hours I did mightily wish she would speak.

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Such confidence, powerful in its own warmth, and bewitching in the wit which often expressed it, must have been enough for Anne; but Lady Russell saw it very differently.

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That is why she ended up bewitching me," Solomon told Massawe on Radio Jambo on Wednesday.

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An oddball coming-together of melodrama and fantasy, the flightily enigmatic The Age of Adaline stars the bewitching Blake Lively as a woman incapable of aging.

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ACeman killed his wife with help from his son because he believed she was bewitching his nephew, a court was told.

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When a twister strikes, he's swept into the heavens and to the land of Oz where he learns from the bewitching Mila Theodora (Mila Kunis) that he must be the much- feted Oz, the magician sent to lift a curse that's blighted the kingdom.