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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blessed

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Verb

Their mistake is taking Elisa, a young girl possessed by Satan.

— William Earl, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
So no, the Giants never possessed the foresight to orchestrate a long-term waiting game.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of possessed

Verb

As a result of her refusal, the entire kingdom is cursed to live without love and anyone who steps foot inside it is also cursed.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
Ella is a young woman cursed to obey all instructions whose quest for self-determination also turns her into an advocate for the kingdom’s oppressed elves and ogres.

— Chris Bellamy, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of cursed

Verb

Adames also committed an error on a routine grounder in the bottom of the seventh that could’ve spelled disaster, but Houser got out of the inning unscathed.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
That spelled the end of the amateurism model so familiar for decades in college sports.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of spelled

Verb

Even sequels and prequels — say, those in the Star Wars canon — ideally aspire to a degree of self-sufficiency in which the audience can discern the story and, properly bewitched, can proceed to seek out the other movies.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of bewitched

Verb

Blowing Oleksa’s cover would mean publicly admitting that there are five senators on her asset list — one of whom was seduced into posing for some, uh, compromising photographs.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026
Nevertheless, don’t be seduced by someone else (or even yourself), because things are not clear today.

— Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of seduced

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