entrancing

[en-tran-sing, -trahn-]

adjective

1. delightful; enchanting.

Other Word Forms

• entrancingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrancing¹

First recorded in 1835–45; entrance ² + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The staccato nature of the writing is helped enormously by the entrancing acting of both Vargas, who breezes through different theatrical realms as though he had wings, and Hernandez, who locks realistically into character.

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Their circumlocutions were as entrancing as their ability to find the most precisely ironic words for difficult-to-name realities.

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But, as is the case with all festivals, some acts had it together, bringing their best to fans and entrancing them in a nostalgia-ridden high.

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However, as Stanford art historian Alexander Nemerov has sharply observed, the damage recorded in Hine’s entrancing photograph was inflicted at least as much on the young girl’s soul as on her body.

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In a concert review from 2015, The Times’ August Brown noted Arca’s undeniably entrancing stage presence and energy.

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