entrancing

[ en-tran-sing, -trahn- ]

adjective

1. delightful; enchanting.

Other Words From

• en·trancing·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrancing¹

First recorded in 1835–45; entrance ² + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The ultra-sharp images of galaxy-speckled skies and cloudlike nebulae are entrancing, a look literally millions of years into the past.

From Outside Online

Hello Future by Farah Al Qasimi, CapriciousHello Future is an entrancing collection of observations from Farah Al Qasimi’s photographic, performance and film practice.

From Time

Regardless of its origins, the bubble is as entrancing as ever.

From Popular-Science

“Kirtan” is still an entrancing listen, an intimate glimpse of an artist whose greatness has only just been acknowledged in this world.

From Washington Post

The first sculpture I saw, after a five- or 10-minute hike through the woods, was one of three entrancing pieces by Haegue Yang, a South Korean artist who has fabricated upright, disc-like forms made from light gray, corrugated soapstone.

From Washington Post

The steady, entrancing rhythms are a well-established motif in dramatizations of the American war in Vietnam.

From The Daily Beast

Its emotional core is also sure, and serious, entrancing and relatively dark.

From The Daily Beast

The war is an entrancing possibility, but not yet a reality, and it remains that way throughout the novel.

From The Daily Beast

Never had the music sounded so entrancing; never had her own feet felt so light.

From Project Gutenberg

A large five-light stained glass window occupies the chancel end; but there is nothing very entrancing in its appearance.

From Project Gutenberg

Music filled the air with entrancing strains, wooing light feet to the giddy dance.

From Project Gutenberg

Pardon me, I kept you on the floor too long; but your step was so perfect, the music so entrancing, I forgot myself.

From Project Gutenberg

And suddenly Edward Henry recognized in her the entrancing creature of fifteen years ago!

From Project Gutenberg