enchanted

/ɛnˈtʃæntɪd/

/ɛnˈtʃɑntɪd/

Other forms: enchantedly

The adjective enchanted describes something that's under a spell, like the frog that lives in your backyard which, when you kiss it, turns into a prince.

The Latin root, incantare, means "cast a spell on."If you're so captivated by something, like stunning photographs in an art gallery, that you may as well be under a fairy tale spell, you're enchanted. Charming actors in old movies often say, "Enchanted," after being introduced to a beautiful woman. What they mean, essentially, is that they find her so fascinating they can't take their eyes off her.

Definitions of enchanted

1. adjective

   influenced as by charms or incantations
   synonyms:

   beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced

   filled with wonder and delight

   bewitched, ensorcelled

   under a spell

   fascinated, hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixed

   having your attention fixated as though by a spell

   antonyms:

   disenchanted

   disappointed or let down; freed from enchantment

   disabused, undeceived

   freed of a mistaken or misguided notion

   disillusioned

   freed from illusion

   sophisticated

   having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire