Meanings
comparative more bewitched · superlative most bewitched
- Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft.
"I have heard my grandmother tell that story, and she used also to tell another about a mill-goblin somewhere up in the country, where no one could get anything ground at the mill, it was so bewitched."
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 157Synonyms: enchanted, ensorcelled, spellbound, bespelled, charmed, cursed, enchanted, ensorcelled
- Of a personentranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.
Synonyms: absorbed, enthralled, mesmerized, absorbed, captivated, enchanted, engaged, engrossed
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of bewitch
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveUnder a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft.
adjectiveentranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecaptured, as if under a spell
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مَسْحُور
- مَسْحُور (masḥūr)Under a spell; entranced
Bulgarian омаян
- омаян (omajan)Under a spell; entranced
Catalan embruixat
- embruixatUnder a spell; entranced
Danish forhekset
- forheksetUnder a spell; entranced
Esperanto sorĉita
- sorĉitaUnder a spell; entranced
Finnish noiduttu, lumottu
- noiduttuUnder a spell; entranced
- lumottuUnder a spell; entranced
French ensorcelé
- ensorceléUnder a spell; entranced
German verhext, verzaubert
- verhextUnder a spell; entranced
- verzaubertUnder a spell; entranced
Hindi मोहित
- मोहित (mohit)Under a spell; entranced
Irish draoighonta
- draoighontaUnder a spell; entranced
Italian stregato
- stregatoUnder a spell; entranced
Portuguese enfeitiçado
- enfeitiçadoUnder a spell; entranced
Russian околдо́ванный
- околдо́ванный (okoldóvannyj)Under a spell; entranced
Scottish Gaelic fo gheasaibh
- fo gheasaibhUnder a spell; entranced
Spanish embrujado, encantado
- embrujadoUnder a spell; entranced
- encantadoUnder a spell; entranced
- hechizadoUnder a spell; entranced
Swedish förhäxad, förtrollad
- förhäxadUnder a spell; entranced
- förtrolladUnder a spell; entranced
Welsh swynedig
- swynedigUnder a spell; entranced
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bewitched
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bewitched. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bewitched
“bewitched.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bewitched. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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