Witching
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Witching is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers.
Meaning
Of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers.
More Meanings
- Of a person: having the power to bewitch someone or something.
- present participle and gerund of witch
- gerund of witch: an act of witchcraft.
- (archaic) Bewitching, enchanting.
Example Sentences
'Tis the witching time of night, / Orbed is the moon and bright, / And the Stars they glisten, glisten, / Seeming with bright eyes to listen.
There was a lot of information to draw upon because his occupation exposed him to more witchings every month than most individuals experienced in a life time.
But who is this witching beauty by his side, who would fain impress you with a belief that that mischief which will not remain concealed for the briefest period, is not her entire composition?
Word Forms
- witchings
Synonyms for witching
Depending on context, synonyms include mystical, sorcerous, witchy, wizardlike, magical, mystic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include charming, wizardly, wizard, sorcerous, magical, magic.
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