'Enchantment' definitions:
Definition of 'enchantment'
(from WordNet)
noun
A feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual [syn: captivation, enchantment, enthrallment, fascination]
noun
A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation [syn: enchantment, spell, trance]
noun
A magical spell [syn: enchantment, bewitchment]
Definition of 'Enchantment'
From: GCIDE
- Enchantment \En*chant"ment\, n. [F. enchantement.]
- 1. The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. [1913 Webster]
- After the last enchantment you did here. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights. [1913 Webster]
- Such an enchantment as there is in words. --South.
- Syn: Incantation; necromancy; magic; sorcery; witchcraft; spell; charm; fascination; witchery. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'enchantment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affection,
- affectionateness,
- agacerie,
- alchemy,
- allure,
- allurement,
- amativeness,
- amorousness,
- appeal,
- appealingness,
- ascendancy,
- attraction,
- attractiveness,
- authority,
- bad influence,
- beatification,
- beatitude,
- bedevilment,
- beguilement,
- beguiling,
- bewitchery,
- bewitchment,
- blandishment,
- blessedness,
- bliss,
- blissfulness,
- cajolery,
- captivation,
- charisma,
- charm,
- charmingness,
- cheer,
- cheerfulness,
- cloud nine,
- clout,
- come-hither,
- conjuration,
- consequence,
- control,
- credit,
- curse,
- delectation,
- delight,
- delightfulness,
- demonstrativeness,
- divination,
- dominance,
- domination,
- ecstasy,
- ecstatics,
- effect,
- elation,
- eminence,
- enravishment,
- enthrallment,
- enticement,
- entrancement,
- entrapment,
- esteem,
- evil eye,
- evil genius,
- evil star,
- exaltation,
- exhilaration,
- exquisiteness,
- exuberance,
- fantasy,
- fascination,
- favor,
- felicity,
- ferlie,
- fetishism,
- flirtation,
- forbidden fruit,
- force,
- gaiety,
- gladness,
- glamour,
- glee,
- goatishness,
- good feeling,
- grace,
- gramarye,
- happiness,
- heaven,
- hex,
- high spirits,
- hold,
- hoodoo,
- horniness,
- ill wind,
- illusion,
- importance,
- incantation,
- incidental power,
- inducement,
- influence,
- influentiality,
- insinuation,
- interest,
- intoxication,
- inveiglement,
- invitation,
- invitingness,
- jinx,
- Jonah,
- joy,
- joyance,
- joyfulness,
- juju,
- jujuism,
- leadership,
- leverage,
- loveliness,
- lovelornness,
- lovesickness,
- luxury,
- magic,
- magnetism,
- malevolent influence,
- malocchio,
- mastery,
- maya,
- mesmerism,
- miracle,
- moment,
- natural magic,
- necromancy,
- obeah,
- obsession,
- overhappiness,
- overjoyfulness,
- paradise,
- personality,
- persuasion,
- possession,
- potency,
- power,
- predominance,
- preponderance,
- pressure,
- prestige,
- prodigy,
- purchase,
- rapture,
- ravishment,
- reign,
- repute,
- romanticism,
- rule,
- rune,
- say,
- seducement,
- seduction,
- seductiveness,
- sensuousness,
- sentimentality,
- seventh heaven,
- sex appeal,
- sexiness,
- shamanism,
- sign,
- snaring,
- sorcery,
- sortilege,
- spell,
- spellbinding,
- spellcasting,
- suasion,
- subtle influence,
- suggestion,
- sunshine,
- supremacy,
- susceptibility,
- sway,
- sympathetic magic,
- tantalization,
- tantalizingness,
- temptation,
- temptingness,
- thaumaturgia,
- thaumaturgics,
- thaumaturgism,
- thaumaturgy,
- theurgy,
- transport,
- unalloyed happiness,
- upper hand,
- vampirism,
- voluptuousness,
- voodoo,
- voodooism,
- wanga,
- weight,
- whammy,
- whip hand,
- white magic,
- winning ways,
- winningness,
- winsomeness,
- witchcraft,
- witchery,
- witchwork,
- wizardry,
- wonder,
- wonderwork,
- wooing