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Antonyms for entrancing


Grammar : Adj
Spell : en-tran-sing, -trahn-
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtræn sɪŋ, -ˈtrɑn-



Definition of entrancing

Origin :
  • 1520s, "act of entering," from Middle French entrance, from entrer (see enter). Sense of "door, gate" first recorded in English 1530s.
  • adj pleasing
Example sentences :
  • I was seeing fashionable life for the first time, and it was entrancing.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • Some of the younger girls are beautiful, and most of the children are entrancing.
  • Extract from : « Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land » by Henry Van Dyke
  • He has before him a field of historical research of most entrancing interest.
  • Extract from : « Clairvoyance » by Charles Webster Leadbeater
  • Those were years of depravity, but they were entrancing in memory.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • She smiled with entrancing sweetness, and held out her hands.
  • Extract from : « The Crooked House » by Brandon Fleming
  • They sang as they went away the most entrancing music that was ever heard.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen
  • And when they had finished, they commenced singing, and the singing was entrancing.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen
  • And it was indeed an entrancing spot to the Karoo-worn warrior.
  • Extract from : « On the Heels of De Wet » by The Intelligence Officer
  • It was only necessary for her to say, in tones so entrancing that you heard them, "My Wallace!"
  • Extract from : « Confessions of a Book-Lover » by Maurice Francis Egan
  • Climb the higher parts for a bird's-eye view of the city, and the scene is entrancing.
  • Extract from : « Exeter » by Sidney Heath

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