bewitched
Americanadjective
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affected by or as if by witchcraft or magic; under a spell.
They heard strange stories from the local people about the house; someone said it was a bewitched house, that it was cursed.
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enchanted, charmed, or fascinated by someone or something.
On the second-last number, as the concert reached its crescendo, he invited a bewitched audience to join in with the chorus.
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As Ashim pokes through her things—a Penguin edition of new American plays, records by Joan Baez and the Rolling Stones—he finds himself increasingly bewitched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Chinese state media said the group had been "bewitched" by criminal organisations and were stranded in Thailand after illegally leaving the country.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
He said it was she who first bewitched him when he worked as a page in the stacks of the Johns Hopkins University library in Baltimore as an undergraduate.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
It’s wired somewhere deep into our caveman brain — we’re bewitched by calamity.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023
They grabbed and snatched, but the bewitched keys darted and dived so quickly it was almost impossible to catch one.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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