bewitched

bewitched

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈwɪt͡ʃt/
• Rhymes: -ɪtʃt
• Hyphenation: be‧witched

Adjective

bewitched (comparative more bewitched, superlative most bewitched)

1. Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 157:

     "I have heard my grandmother tell that story, and she used also to tell another about a mill-goblin somewhere up in the country, where no one could get anything ground at the mill, it was so bewitched."

2. (Of a person) entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.

Derived terms

• water bewitched
• widow bewitched

 

Translations

Under a spell; entranced

Arabic: مَسْحُور‎ (masḥūr) Bulgarian: омаян (omajan) Catalan: embruixat Danish: forhekset Finnish: noiduttu, lumottu (fi) French: ensorcelé (fr) Georgian: მოჯადოებული (moǯadoebuli) German: verhext (de), verzaubert (de) Irish: draoighonta Italian: stregato (it) Portuguese: enfeitiçado (pt) m Russian: околдо́ванный (ru) (okoldóvannyj) Spanish: embrujado (es), encantado (es), hechizado (es) Swedish: förhäxad (sv), förtrollad (sv) Welsh: swynedig

Verb

bewitched

1. simple past tense and past participle of bewitch