BEWITCHED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

bi-ˈwicht

Definition of bewitched

as in charmed

being or appearing to be under a magic spell the bewitched princess who could be awakened only by a kiss from the prince destined to be her husband

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bewitched

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verb

past tense of bewitch

as in possessed

to cast a spell on a Wiccan who believes that it is indeed possible to bewitch someone

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blessed

as in fascinated

to attract or delight as if by magic an animated film that bewitches children and adults alike

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Recent Examples of bewitched

Adjective

Navarrette plays the bewitched Nikki as a raw nerve, a woman whose unnatural devotion to her boyfriend has her swinging between terrifying extremes. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 18 May 2026 The kind of public living room, knitted into the social fabric of Powell’s native Dublin, that so bewitched Mester during their transatlantic courtship. — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025 With a starry coven assembled, make no mistake, this Disney+ series will leave you bewitched, bothered, and Hahn-obsessed. — Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024 The All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness serves as the inspiration for this show, which follows a historian who discovers a bewitched manuscript during a trip to the library. — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 17 Mar. 2023 And the bewitched fairy queen Titania and pompous actor Bottom, who Puck temporarily transforms into a donkey, exhibit their spellbound attraction with a wacky twerk-and-grind dance. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022

Verb

Eerie in a way that feels more seductive than scary, the film isn’t bewitched by its demons so much as the process of transubstantiation by which a (self)tortured young woman can transform them into grace. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 June 2026 Born Dan Wherrett in Lacey, Washington, the producer initially moved to Seattle to study design, but was bewitched by the world of electronic music. — Katie Bain, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2026 There are people who said that my mom had bewitched my father, because my mother is from a different ethnic community from my dad. — Marc Silver, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026 While skipping school to watch TV one afternoon, he was bewitched by a Hollywood Presents broadcast of a classic silent film. — Sammy Loren, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026 Kingsley, an acting legend thanks to his Oscar-winning performance in Gandhi, later dived so deep into a scene from episode three that the crowd, bewitched by witnessing the actor’s process, erupted into applause. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026 Arteta is bewitched by his countryman’s talent and just wants more of it to come to the fore. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026 And the defenders are just bewitched by this shift of the weight. — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025 Somehow, Americans of most stripes seemed bewitched by this messaging that the elites were pulling a fast one over on The Forgotten Man. — Philip Elliott, Time, 18 Nov. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bewitched

Adjective

The actor discussed their charmed meet-cute on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2011.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026
Across this charmed Knicks run, not many public flowers have been tossed Thibodeau’s way from his former team.

— Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 17 June 2026

Definition of charmed

Verb

Historically, largetooth sawfish possessed remarkably high genetic diversity spread across different regions of the world.

— Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Instead, that process was based on a predictable pattern, allowing hackers who possessed a sample seed phrase to use trial-and-error to guess others—and clean out Coldcard owners in the process.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of possessed

Verb

The 31-year-old rapper, a member of the megagroup NCT and the leader of its subgroup NCT 127, has seemingly always been fascinated by merging different genres to create a new song.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
Questions around beauty and longing recur, as do keywords (such as ‘password’), names, references and scenic features, but what fascinated me most is that in principle each episode could be read as a little patchy universe on its own.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of fascinated

Adjective

And, because some questions simply insist upon being asked, what sort of planning permission is required to construct a palace in the middle of an enchanted forest?

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2026
Guests can enjoy cocktails, connect with the LGBTQ+ community and celebrate in an enchanted garden setting.

— Evan Moore August 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of enchanted

Verb

Pete Davidson is either the luckiest man in Hollywood or a guy cursed with an undeserved bad rap.

— Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
However, Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton was fined and suspended for five games after last Tuesday’s contest, when two girls sitting courtside in support of Cunnigham said Keaton cursed at them and called them insane.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of cursed

Verb

Ryninks was delighted to have enticed such a high calibre of Welsh talent aboard this small indie.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
Rebecca and Keeley Jones (Juno Temple) have enticed Ted back to England from Kansas to coach their new women’s team, a motley group of players desperately in need of Ted’s guidance.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of enticed

Adjective

Later in the episode, Big Bang‘s Wil Wheaton shows up to reveal to Stuart that Bernadette is in fact a demon and is killed by Bert (Posehn) in a magic power duel.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Considering that her designs—from the quirky and unmistakable totem collars to magic floating orbs and funky-fine rings—look like nothing else and immediately spark joy, Ashley Moubayed is keeping disco very much alive.

— Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of magic

Verb

That book is a revenge fantasy about the former art school professor who seduced her, discarded her and destroyed her confidence as a painter.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 2 July 2026
So instead of Syrax, the Blacks get close air support from Jace on Vermax and Moondancer, ridden by Baela, who is easily seduced into battle by Jace’s unchecked hero complex.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 June 2026

Definition of seduced

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