bewitched

American  

[bih-wicht] / bɪˈwɪtʃt /

adjective

1. 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.

2. 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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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of bewitch.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• unbewitched
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of bewitched

bewitch ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Studebaker halted Avanti production after only a year; but the design lived on until 2006, with its rights passing through a succession of wildcat coachbuilders too bewitched to help themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025

Yes, the bye week bewitched them in 2022 and 2023, when the offense lost its swagger and the Dodgers were beaten in two stunning division series upsets by the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

Andrea Carnevale, the former Italy striker who is now a scout for Udinese, was said to have been bewitched by the Veronese kid.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2023

You do start thinking in a certain way, and there are certain words if you're thinking in that headspace that come to mind, like the word "bewitched."

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2023

You know, after I’d opened the Chamber of Secrets—after Voldemort had bewitched me with that terrible diary and I’d almost destroyed everything— HARRY: I remember.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling