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enchanting en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɪŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. Having the ability to enchant; charming, delightful.
    • Hearing voices calling, I look down and see a crowd Drumming and they chanting in a different tongue Music so enchanting I had to go down Watching what they doing, trying to understand 2012, “Shango”, performed by Lord Nelson:
    • "Fairytale" is an over-used word in football but there is certainly something enchanting about the Lambert story, rejected as a teenager at Liverpool and then playing at, among others, Blackpool, Rochdale, Stockport and Bristol Rovers. 2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more enchanting Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most enchanting Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

enchantingly · enchantingness · unenchanting

Synonyms

magical · captivating · fascinating · bewitching

Translations (36)

mi whakatautau (having the ability to enchant) · hi लोभन (having the ability to enchant) · bg чаровен (having the ability to enchant) · it incantevole (having the ability to enchant) · cs okouzlující (having the ability to enchant) · cs čarovný (having the ability to enchant) · fi ihastuttava (having the ability to enchant) · nb fortrylle (having the ability to enchant) · fi lumoava (having the ability to enchant) · bg очарователен (having the ability to enchant) · pt encantador (having the ability to enchant) · nl betoverend (having the ability to enchant) · fr enchanteresse (having the ability to enchant) · et lummav (having the ability to enchant) · ru очарова́тельный (having the ability to enchant) · fr enchanteur (having the ability to enchant) · ru обворожи́тельный (having the ability to enchant) · lv burvīgs (having the ability to enchant) · eo ensorĉiga (having the ability to enchant) · ro încântant (having the ability to enchant) · de bezaubernd (having the ability to enchant) · es hechicero (having the ability to enchant) · el γοητευτικός (having the ability to enchant) · es encantador (having the ability to enchant) · da henrivende (having the ability to enchant) · hu elbűvölő (having the ability to enchant) · ro încântător (having the ability to enchant) · da fortryllende (having the ability to enchant) · de zauberhaft (having the ability to enchant) · mk заносен (having the ability to enchant) · ro încântătoare (having the ability to enchant) · da bedårende (having the ability to enchant) · gl encantador (having the ability to enchant) · tr büyüleyici (having the ability to enchant) · hy հմայիչ (having the ability to enchant) · is heillandi (having the ability to enchant)

enchanting en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɪŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. An act of enchantment.
    • […] by which the truth of the matter may the better be known of all felonies, murders, poisonings, enchantings, sorceries, magical arts, transgressions, […] 1841, Alfred Beesley, The History of Banbury, page 256:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
enchantings Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

ensorcellment · enchanting · bewitching · fascination · bewitchment · spellcasting · ensorcellment · incantation · bewitchment · witching · incantation · enchantment · witchery

enchanting en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɪŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of enchant
    form of enchant