Witchery
['wɪtʃ(ə)rɪ] or ['wɪtʃəri]
Definition
(n.) Sorcery; enchantment; witchcraft.
(n.) Fascination; irresistible influence; enchantment.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Sorcery, WITCHCRAFT. [2]. Fascination, spell, entrancement.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Enchantment, fas, fascination, glamour
ANT:Discouragement, damper, sad_reality
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Examples
- Thus we are led to infer that the contradiction is an appearance only, and witchery of the senses. Plato. The Republic.
- The far-reaching orange groves surrounding Riverside are one of the most beautiful of all beautiful sights in Southern California, and the fragrance of the blossoms is subtlest witchery. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I am influenced--conquered; and the influence is sweeter than I can express; and the conquest I undergo has a witchery beyond any triumph I can win. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The victim of her witcheries can only name the fatal scroll, the spell inscribed on which is, doubtless, the cause of his silence. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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