bewitching

[bih-wich-ing]

adjective

1. enchanting; charming; fascinating.

Other Word Forms

• bewitchingly adverb
• unbewitching adjective
• unbewitchingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of bewitching¹

First recorded in 1555–65; bewitch + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The cutesy performance shtick around a shoestring variety show — imagine Pee-wee’s Playhouse without the bewitching oddity — grows wearying.

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He said people were "very rarely" prosecuted for practising witchcraft, but it helped protect elderly women who faced mob justice in villages after being accused of bewitching someone and causing their death.

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Scroll through homes for sale in the Eastern Caribbean and it is no longer just bewitching beaches and a laid-back lifestyle being touted to woo buyers.

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On screen, they possessed a bewitching stillness, performing barefoot in a pair of golden feathered trousers like some sort of musical Icarus.

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Judeline’s songs are imbued with a bewitching sensuality and romanticism that verges on religious devotion.

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