BEWITCHMENT Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

bewitchment

noun

bi-ˈwich-mənt

Definition of bewitchment

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

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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

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Recent Examples of bewitchment Her work, then, is the work of resuscitation via bewitchment. — Ocean Vuong, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025 But if there is some kind of bewitchment going on in these encounters, Evelyn is entirely immune. — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2025 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 The ergot fungus grows on cereals such as rye and produces several neurological symptoms that were historically attributed to bewitchment for many centuries. — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2015

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Noun

After a tough spell, a cup run would do just that — and give those supporters a chance to dream again.

— Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
This would be equivalent to creative writing streams of consciousness to hitting the spell check button!

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of spell

Noun

Eclipses, which used to be thought of as magic or even witchcraft, depending on what suited them at the moment, are now understood to be just a function of the Earth's alignment with the sun and moon.

— Ron Smiley, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
The roughly 25-acre farm is also home to a reproduction of the Salem Village Meeting House, the site of many early hearings about the Salem witchcraft hysteria.

— Nicholas DeRenzo, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of witchcraft

Noun

That was a full-length movie filmed in 2004 when the Red Sox were breaking their storied curse, and included Johnny Damon and other players in cameos.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
The prince, Ashitaka, encounters a forest-dwelling young woman called San on his journey and the two become friends, teaming up to help save the forest and end his curse.

— Kara Nesvig, Parents, 29 Aug. 2026

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