enchantment
/ɪnˈtʃɑːnt.mənt/US/ɪnˈt͡ʃænt.mənt/
enchantment noun: the act of enchanting or the feeling of being enchanted.
Noun
enchantment (countable and uncountable, plural enchantments)
- The act of enchanting or the feeling of being enchanted.
- I see now that it's all enchantment in this house; for the last time, on this very spot where I am now, I got ever so many thumps and thwacks without knowing who gave them to me, or being able to see anybody; and now this head is not to be seen anywhere about, though I saw it cut off with my own...1885, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, “Which Treats of the Heroic and Prodigious Battle Don Quixote had with Certain Skins of Red Wine, and Brings the Novel of ‘The Ill-advised Curiosity’ to a Close”...
- Synonyms:
- bewitchment, ensorcellment
- Something that enchants; a magical spell.
- Bodin, the medieval demonographer, enumerates various methods of producing anaphrodisiac effects by enchantments.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 89
- Synonyms:
- hex, incantation, spell, cantrip, chantment, charm, conjuration, craft, dwimmer, magic
enchantment meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
enchantment in Tamil
- வசியம்
enchantment in Marathi
- मंत्रमुग्धता
enchantment in Urdu
- enchantment, sorcery, magic, wizardry, witchcraft
- سحر sehr
- enchantment
- جادو jādū
enchantment in Telugu
- మంత్రముగ్దయం
More languagesFewer languages
- enchantment in Malayalam
- മന്ത്രബന്ധനം, വശ്യപ്രയോഗം, ക്ഷുദ്രവിദ്യ
- enchantment in Kannada
- ಮೋಡಿ, ಮಾಟ, ಸಮ್ಮೋಹನ, ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆ
- enchantment in Gujarati
- મંત્રમુગ્ધતા
- enchantment in Odia
- ମନ୍ତ୍ରମୁଗ୍ଧତା
- enchantment in Nepali
- मंत्रमुग्धता, मन्त्रमुग्धता
Examples of enchantment in a sentence
- His turning on the lights broke the enchantment.
- Too much ice or fire enchantment and you freeze or cook yourself.
- Their worship was but enchantment, sorcery, unlike the sacred law of fire-worship, wiles and magic.
Synonyms of enchantment
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Forms of enchantment
| plural | enchantments |
|---|---|
| alternative form | inchantment |
Origin of enchantment
From Middle English enchauntement, from Old French enchantement.
Words formed from enchantment
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Questions about enchantment
- What does enchantment mean?
- Enchantment means the act of enchanting or the feeling of being enchanted.
- What is enchantment in Tamil?
- Enchantment in Tamil is வசியம். See Enchantment meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is enchantment?
- Enchantment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce enchantment?
- Enchantment is pronounced /ɪnˈt͡ʃænt.mənt/ (US).
- What is the plural of enchantment?
- The plural of enchantment is enchantments.
Words near enchantment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: enchantment (page history and authors); enchantment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enchantment (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); جادو (Urdu) (page history and authors); enchantment (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enchantment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enchantment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enchantment (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enchantment (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enchantment (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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