ENSORCELLED Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

ensorcelled

verb

variants or ensorceled

past tense of ensorcell

as in possessed

to cast a spell on a dense, dark forest that is the scene for many a tale in which some unsuspecting traveler is ensorcelled by a witch or wizard

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Verb

School officials said there was no evidence that weapons were used or possessed by students during the fights.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Vallow Daybell holds doomsday religious beliefs and has claimed that people in her life were possessed by evil spirits.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of possessed

Verb

After falling in love with one another, the pair became enchanted by wine when McCollum was playing for the Portland Trail Blazers.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2026
He is enchanted by the spinning itself, and even by his own enchantment – a spell that breaks the instant the top stops in his hand.

— Stacy Keltner, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of enchanted

Verb

Tumwater High student Frances Staudt, who is regularly cursed at by classmates for refusing to compete against a boy in a basketball game?

— Matt Calkins, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Such was the most measured response to the sequence that ultimately cursed the Panthers’ Sunday evening in Bank of America Stadium.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of cursed

Verb

To be sure, Guyot-Arnault is charmed by the quaint thoroughfare in Belgravia, where Destree’s retail neighbors include fellow clothing brands Wiggy Kit, With Nothing Underneath and Me+Em as well as the jeweler Sophie Breitmeyer.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2026
Many people, this critic among them, are very thankful for a chance to check out a project that, when first heard about in 2023, seemed charmed.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of charmed

Verb

But my favorite word is zaab (also spelled zabb or zab; แซ่บ), a term rooted in the Isan region of northeastern Thailand that conveys a bold deliciousness, often associated with the heat.

— Ali Domrongchai, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026
The poor guy couldn’t even get fired with his name spelled correctly.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of spelled

Verb

The closest connection he’s found to anything particularly unusual was some accounts during her time in Gurnee, where Mary Worth was from, of students believed to have been bewitched; tearing off their clothes and running around in the moonlight.

— Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Since winning in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, this German entry for the Best International Feature Film Oscar has bewitched festivalgoers from Toronto to New York.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of bewitched

Verb

One member of a relationship accidentally spills secrets because they get seduced by someone pretending to be the other member of their relationship.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2026
The movie follows Hoffman's character, Benjamin, a recent college graduate who is struggling to find direction post graduation and is seduced by an older housewife and friend of his parents.

— Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of seduced

Verb

According to police, the front driver’s side of the pickup struck the rear passenger side of the tractor and part of the trailer.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026
Meanwhile, Qatar's national gas company said one of its vessels was struck in the Persian Gulf, and Israeli strikes on Gaza killed eight people, including a young boy.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of struck

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