WITCHED Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

witched

verb

past tense of witch, archaic

as in fascinated

to attract or delight as if by magic the woman did witch me with her gentle smile

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Kember, who grew up in a Catholic household, and Pierce, the son of a proselytizer, were fascinated by spirituality.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
In 2008, passionate surfer Tim Russo purchased the property, renamed it, and set out to organically grow it into a resort full of wonder where serious surfers and travelers fascinated with the surf lifestyle could vacation happily.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of fascinated

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My daughter was enchanted by the Balinese rice-on-the-forehead ritual for good fortune that is a part of the arrival, and the front desk staff happily indulged her request to do it again—multiple times a day.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Perhaps too enchanted, as Pitt lost his date on the dance floor that night.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of enchanted

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But while Cartman and Ike are in Sephora, they get enticed into going into the backrooms with an employee, which look straight out of Kane Parsons’ horror film.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
During the mid-2000s, some tribal members, enticed by a chance at life-changing money, got involved in moving people and drugs, fueling cycles of arrest and incarceration that exacerbated challenges the community was already facing.

— Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of enticed

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Even sequels and prequels — say, those in the Star Wars canon — ideally aspire to a degree of self-sufficiency in which the audience can discern the story and, properly bewitched, can proceed to seek out the other movies.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
Eerie in a way that feels more seductive than scary, the film isn’t bewitched by its demons so much as the process of transubstantiation by which a (self)tortured young woman can transform them into grace.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 June 2026

Definition of bewitched

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Armani’s languid silhouette soon seduced red- and blue-blooded men the world over.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
The song is about a true story of three Dutch teenage girls in World War II, during the occupation, who seduced Nazi officers and murdered them in the woods.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of seduced

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And his fight against Black housing development in Newark’s North Ward delighted many of his neighbors.

— Mark Krasovic, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026
Past visitors include different types of tuna that have delighted sport fishers, and open-ocean red crabs that can change the poop color of birds that feast on them.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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