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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. capturing interest as if by a spell;
- Example: "bewitching smile"
- Example: "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"
- Example: "enchanting music"
- Example: "an enthralling book"
- Example: "antique papers of entrancing design"
- Example: "a fascinating woman"
[syn: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

entrancing \entrancing\ adj.
   same as enthralling.

   Syn: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling,
        fascinating.
        [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Entrance \En*trance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entranced; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Entrancing.] [Pref. en- + trance.]
   1. To put into a trance; to make insensible to present
      objects.
      [1913 Webster]

            Him, still entranced and in a litter laid,
            They bore from field and to the bed conveyed.
                                                  --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder;
      to enrapture; to charm.
      [1913 Webster]

            And I so ravished with her heavenly note,
            I stood entranced, and had no room for thought.
                                                  --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

entrancing
    adj 1: capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile";
           "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting
           music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of
           entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman" [syn:
           bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling,
           entrancing, fascinating]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

66 Moby Thesaurus words for "entrancing":
   Circean, alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling,
   bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching,
   charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish,
   delightful, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling,
   enticing, exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching,
   flirtatious, glamorous, heart-robbing, hypnotic, illusionary,
   illusive, illusory, interesting, intriguing, inviting,
   irresistible, lovely, luxurious, mesmeric, mouth-watering, piquant,
   prepossessing, provocative, provoquant, ravishing, seducing,
   seductive, sensuous, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful,
   taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thrilling, tickling,
   titillating, titillative, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching