Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- That entrances or transports with delight or wonder: as, entrancing music; an entrancing tale.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
enthralling .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
entrance . - adjective
hypnotic - adjective
charming
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capturing interest as if by a spell
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Examples
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I recall the entrancing picture to-day, in all its splendid detail, so vividly was it photographed upon my brain.
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Michael Billington wouldn't go as far as "entrancing", but he preferred As You Like It, too.
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She lay back in the chair, a graceful figure in pale green, stretched her pretty ankles to the glow, and sought to escape certain gnawing thoughts in the pages of a novel which had won from the reviewers such adjectives as "entrancing," "compelling,"
Till the Clock Stops 1902
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Mérimée, Prosper, "entrancing"; his long love affair.
In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters 1886
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End Mar-Oct; £6 per adult per night, £2 per child 3-10 per night; 01974 272444Taking its name from the host of ducks that live there – fans of aylesburies, carolinas, mandarins, pintails and whistlers, roll right up – this tiny independent hostel half a mile up a forest track on the edge of the Cairngorms possesses one of the most entrancing campsites you could wish for.
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This rarity and the unpredictable nature of the crop only enhances the truffle's mystique, entrancing diners prepared to pay that little bit extra for an ethereal encounter with nature.
There's Something About Truffles Bruce Palling 2011
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What he sees is what makes the book to entrancing: Jaspers is a ‘consciousness fuel’ additive the locals have been culturing and using for generations.
"Dune", Plus Often-Neglected Other Novels by Frank Herbert 2009
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So I started to direct, which was entrancing, because you break through the narcissism of just looking at your own part.
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The Revoultion Business was the least entrancing due to the color choice.
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And for you to then realize that on the journey, this funky yet entrancing string arrangement by his bandmate Chris Woods in this Quartetto Fantastico is actually the theme song to the David Hasselhoff TV show "Knight Rider," well you gotta get in and see where this is going.
Wyatt Closs: Miguel Atwood Ferguson: A Different Grand Performance Wyatt Closs 2011
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