entrancing

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  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”Synonyms: bewitchingcaptivatingenchantingenthrallingfascinating
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

entrancing \entrancing\ adj. same as enthralling.

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


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]
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