What is another word for bewitched?

Pronunciation: [bɪwˈɪt͡ʃt] (IPA)

Bewitched refers to being under a spell or having an unnatural influence on one's behavior or emotions. There are several synonyms for this word, such as enchanted, charmed, mesmerized, spellbound, captivated, and entranced. These words denote a state of being mesmerized or fascinated by something or someone. Enchanted implies a magical charm or spell that captures someone's attention, while charmed connotes a sense of bliss or happiness. Spellbound suggests a complete loss of control or inhibition caused by an enchantment or spell. Finally, captivated and entranced suggest being wholly absorbed by something or someone. Ultimately, these words denote a state of being under an irresistible influence or enchantment beyond one's control.

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What are the hypernyms for Bewitched?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for bewitched?

Bewitched is an adjective that describes someone or something that is under a magical spell or enchantment. The word bewitched has many antonyms that describe the opposite of being enchanted or fascinated. Some of the antonyms for bewitched are unconvinced, unaffected, unimpressed, unenthused, uninterested, and disenchanted. These words suggest a lack of interest or enthusiasm and reflect the opposite of the captivating and alluring emotions that bewitched can convey. While bewitched has a magical connotation, its antonyms are straightforward and straightforwardly convey disinterest, skepticism, or detachment. Understanding antonyms for words can help us better understand nuances in language and communication.

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Usage examples for Bewitched

Even now, everyone was talking of the way in which she had bewitched young Bayworth Kaye, the Redyford clergyman's son, during the last few months.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
She got hold of my boy, and she bewitched him into forgetting the meaning of what I thought he valued more than life itself-his honour.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
Yes, for it may be bewitched.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz

Famous quotes with Bewitched

  • Dame Sancho would be better if she cared less. I am her barometer- if a sigh escapes me, it is answered by a tear in her eye; I oft assume a gaiety to illume her dear sensibility with a smile- which twenty years ago almost bewitched me; and mark! after twenty years enjoyment, constitutes my highest pleasure!
    Ignatius Sancho
  • Ophelia is a little walking owl, bewitched by her unconscious feminine, her father, and what "they say." She never finds her own voice. She never finds her own body or her own feelings and therefore misses life and love in the here and now. Gradually the waters of the unconscious to which she is "native and indued" swallow her.
    Marion Woodman
  • As a man, he may not have deserved the adoration which he received from those who, bewitched by his fascinating society, and indebted for all the comforts of life to his generous and delicate friendship, worshipped him nightly, in his favourite temple at Button’s. But, after full inquiry and impartial reflection, we have long been convinced that he deserved as much love and esteem as can be justly claimed by any of our infirm and erring race. Some blemishes may undoubtedly be detected in his character; but the more carefully it is examined, the more it will appear, to use the phrase of the old anatomists, sound in the noble parts, free from all taint of perfidy, of cowardice, of cruelty, of ingratitude, of envy. Men may easily be named, in whom some particular good disposition has been more conspicuous than in Addison. But the just harmony of qualities, the exact temper between the stern and the humane virtues, the habitual observance of every law, not only of moral rectitude, but of moral grace and dignity, distinguish him from all men who have been tried by equally strong temptations, and about whose conduct we possess equally full information.
    Joseph Addison
  • Aristotle, that histrionic mountebank, who from behind a Greek mask has so long bewitched the Church of Christ, that most cunning juggler of souls, who, if he had not been accredited as human blood and bone, we should have been justified in maintaining to be the veritable devil.
    Aristotle
  • Both the Oblation Board and the Specters of Indifference are bewitched by this truth about human beings: that innocence is different from experience. The Oblation Board fears and hates Dust, and the Specters feast on it, but it's Dust both of them are obsessed by.
    Philip Pullman

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