enchanting

adjective

en·​chant·​ing in-ˈchan-tiŋ 

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: powerfully pleasing, appealing, or delightful : charming

enchanting music

an enchanting story

a book with enchanting illustrations

One of the most enchanting museums in London is also one of the world's most important for architectural and design drawings.

—Allison Eckardt Ledes

enchantingly adverb

an enchantingly beautiful landscape

A young woman … smiled out at us enchantingly …

—Stephanie Burgis

Synonyms

• alluring
• appealing
• attractive
• bewitching
• captivating
• charismatic
• charming
• elfin
• engaging
• entrancing
• fascinating
• fetching
• glamorous
• glamourous
• luring
• magnetic
• seductive

Examples of enchanting in a Sentence

visitors have long found the Highlands of Scotland to be an enchanting place

Recent Examples on the Web

Long live the Eras Tour with our enchanting book With the Chiefs clinching the No. 1 spot in their division, the red-and-gold receive home field advantage for their first playoff match-up during Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. —Bryan West, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025

The study, released by the experts at JR Pass, a rail pass sold by the Japan Railways Group for overseas visitors, analyzed things like TripAdvisor reviews, Instagram hashtags, and snowfall data, to determine the world’s most enchanting train rides. —Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2025

The tartness of cranberry, kissed with vanilla rum, is as enchanting as Elphaba's voice hitting that high note. —Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025

What’s so enchanting and frustrating about American life is that there are so many examples of people who did work hard and did make it and achieve success. —Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

enchanting

adjective

en·​chant·​ing

in-ˈchant-iŋ

: having great charm and attraction

enchantingly adverb