enchantress
/ɪnˈtʃɑːntrəs/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪnˈtʃæntrəs/ (ame, ipa) · /in-ˈchan-trəs en-/ (ame, mw)
enchantress — noun
- enchantresssingular
- enchantressesplural
1. In fantasy tales, a woman able to cast spells and bend people or events to her w
In fantasy tales, a woman able to cast spells and bend people or events to her will.
In the film, the enchantress trapped a sailor inside a ring of blue fire.
storybook magic context
Mayumi begged the enchantress to lift the spell from her sleeping brother.
lift the spell from someone
The old enchantress promised Ilan safe passage across the haunted river.
At midnight, the enchantress changed Mira's torn dress into silver silk.
用法筆記
Mostly literary and common in fantasy writing. For a stage performer doing tricks, use magician instead.
常見錯誤
2. A woman whose beauty and charm make other people watch her with strong admiratio
A woman whose beauty and charm make other people watch her with strong admiration or desire.
At the embassy party, Chiara moved through the room like an enchantress.
simile: like an enchantress
The magazine described Hana as an enchantress with a calm, confident smile.
describe someone as an enchantress
On stage, the young pianist seemed like an enchantress to everyone in the hall.
Ezra could not ignore the enchantress singing softly at the piano bar.
- siren
more poetic and often carries a stronger sense of danger or temptation
- seductress
stronger and more openly sexual in tone
- beauty
focuses more on physical attractiveness than on captivating personal charm
用法筆記
This sense is figurative, literary, and slightly old-fashioned. It suggests powerful attraction, often with a romantic or seductive tone, rather than literal magic.