bewitching
adjective
be·witch·ing
bi-ˈwi-chiŋ 
bē-
: powerfully or seductively attractive or charming
a bewitching smile
her bewitching eyes
bewitchingly
adverb
… I perceived in the captain's face that same bland, benevolent, and bewitchingly merry expression …
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Herman Melville
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Examples of bewitching in a Sentence
a bewitching woman who has never lacked for suitors
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Her Wotton has a wonderful slouchy physicality and, as noted in the novel, a bewitching, sonorous voice, the better to deliver the Wildean aperçus.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
Lopez’s Spider Woman gets a bad pixie wig and even more garish goth costuming appropriate for a bewitching, bitchy succubus.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
The Mayan title translates to cenote, a reference to the bewitching, watery caverns sprinkled throughout Yucatán.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Undergoing treatment for drug addiction at the time, Winehouse delivered a bewitching performance via satellite from a London soundstage, which was made to look like a posh jazz nightclub.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
Lopez’s Spider Woman gets a bad pixie wig and even more garish goth costuming appropriate for a bewitching, bitchy succubus.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
The Mayan title translates to cenote, a reference to the bewitching, watery caverns sprinkled throughout Yucatán.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Bewitching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bewitching. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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