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[ en-tran-sing, -trahn- ] / ɛnˈtræn sɪŋ, -ˈtrɑn- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR entrancing ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of entrancingFirst recorded in 1835–45; entrance2 + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM entrancingen·tranc·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby entrancingentrain, entrammel, entrance, entrance pupil, entranceway, entrancing, entrant, entrap, entrapment, entrapment neuropathy, entreasure Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for entrancingThe steady, entrancing rhythms are a well-established motif in dramatizations of the American war in Vietnam. A Different Kind of Vietnam Story|J.T. Price|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Its emotional core is also sure, and serious, entrancing and relatively dark. Teju Cole’s Keen Eye Spares No One—Himself Included|Benjamin Lytal|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST The war is an entrancing possibility, but not yet a reality, and it remains that way throughout the novel. American Dreams: 'A Time to Be Born' by Dawn Powell|Nathaniel Rich|May 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST But the red curtain was drawn aside once again, and an entrancing spectacle brought all the little folks to their feet. A Love Episode|Emile Zola
It was entrancing thus to be gliding noiselessly over a perfectly calm sea, with so many attendant elements of beauty. Under the Southern Cross|Maturin M. Ballou Hugh never had seen her so entrancing as she was in that dim light, her face the picture of proud defiance. Nedra|George Barr McCutcheon The latter merely expresses the rage of the momentary mushroom against the immortal, entrancing, and exquisitely lovely orchid. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man|Oscar Wilde It is a relatively long and beautiful spiral form, and now the movement in the field is entrancing. Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XIX, No. 470, Jan. 3, 1885|Various
Words related to entrancingenticing, fascinating, delightful, rapturous, winsome, orphic |