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单词 bewitchment
释义

bewitchment

noun

be·​witch·​ment bi-ˈwich-mənt How to pronounce bewitchment (audio)
bē-
1
a
: the act or power of bewitching
b
: a spell that bewitches
2
: the state of being bewitched

Synonyms

  • abracadabra
  • charm
  • conjuration
  • enchantment
  • glamour
  • glamor
  • hex
  • incantation
  • invocation
  • spell
  • whammy
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Example Sentences

the hope that there was some bewitchment that would turn their jerky son-in-law into a prince while stuck in traffic, I could have used a bit of bewitchment to clear the road of other drivers
Recent Examples on the Web One depends on a set of abstract rules; the other on a sequence of mutual bewitchments. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019 Here, where both land and life are flat, the privations of rural teenage existence yield wild and elemental bewitchments. New York Times, 1 June 2017

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

bewitchment

noun

1
as in spell
a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power the hope that there was some bewitchment that would turn their jerky son-in-law into a prince

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • spell
  • curse
  • enchantment
  • sorcery
  • incantation
  • witchcraft
  • magic
  • conjuration
  • invocation
  • glamour
  • charm
  • abracadabra
  • glamor
  • witchery
  • voodoo
  • wizardry
  • whammy
  • hex
  • necromancy
  • jinx
  • talisman
  • conjuring
  • cantrip
  • amulet
  • bewitchery
  • fetich
  • voodooism
  • fetish
  • mojo
  • phylactery
2
as in witchcraft
the power to control natural forces through supernatural means while stuck in traffic, I could have used a bit of bewitchment to clear the road of other drivers

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • witchcraft
  • sorcery
  • magic
  • enchantment
  • witchery
  • wizardry
  • necromancy
  • devilry
  • thaumaturgy
  • diablerie
  • deviltry
  • mojo
  • conjuring
  • bewitchery
  • voodooism
  • curse
  • talisman
  • divination
  • incantation
  • spiritualism
  • spell
  • alchemy
  • divining
  • glamour
  • charm
  • amulet
  • sortilege
  • occultism
  • fetich
  • fetish
  • soothsaying
  • conjuration
  • ensorcellment
  • phylactery
  • jinx
  • prophesying
  • abracadabra
  • forecasting
  • exorcism
  • presaging
  • glamor
  • hoodoo
  • mascot
  • predicting
  • omen
  • foretelling
  • foreseeing
  • augury
  • prognosticating
  • augur
  • foreknowing
  • crystal gazing
  • hex
  • fortune-telling
  • periapt
  • hexerei

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • science
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