Bewitching
[bɪ'wɪtʃɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewitch
(a.) Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming.
Edited by Greg
Examples
- What a bewitching land it is! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They are certainly bewitching! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You will not thank me for detaining you from the bewitching converse of that young lady, whose bright eyes are also upbraiding me. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Bewitching Mrs. Copperfield's encumbrance? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Most men thought her bewitching when she was on horseback. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He kept the book open at the bewitching portrait, and looked at it rather languishingly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Joe,' said Arabella, at length, looking round with a most bewitching smile, 'how do you do, Joe? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Tippins, with a bewitching little scream, opines that we shall every one of us be murdered in our beds. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Edited by Greg