Entrancing

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  entrancing \entrancing\ adj.
     same as {enthralling}.
  
     Syn: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling,
          fascinating.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Him, still entranced and in a litter laid,
              They bore from field and to the bed conveyed.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder;
        to enrapture; to charm.
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              And I so ravished with her heavenly note,
              I stood entranced, and had no room for thought.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  entrancing
       adj : 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}, {fascinating}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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