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Definitions for Witching

[1] the use or practice of witchcraft.
[2] fascination; charm; enchantment.
[3] of, characterized by, or suitable for sorcery or black magic: a witching potion.
[4] enchanting; fascinating.
[5] a person, now especially a woman, who professes or is supposed to practice magic or sorcery; a sorceress. Compare warlock.
[6] a woman who is supposed to have evil or wicked magical powers: witches in black robes and pointed hats.
[7] an ugly or mean old woman; hag: the old witch who used to own this building.
[8] a person who uses a divining rod; dowser.
[9] to bring by or as by witchcraft (often followed by into, to, etc.): She witched him into going.
[10] Archaic . to affect as if by witchcraft; bewitch; charm.
[11] to prospect with a divining rod; dowse.
[12] of, relating to, or designed as protection against witches.
[13] relating to or appropriate for witchcraft
[14] rare bewitching
[15] witchcraft; magic
[16] historically, in mythology and fiction, a woman believed to practise magic or sorcery, esp black magic
[17] a practitioner of a Nature-based religion founded on ancient beliefs, which honours both a male and female divine principle and includes the practice of magic, esp healing magic, and divination
[18] informal , derogatory an ugly or wicked woman
[19] a fascinating or enchanting woman
[20] short for water witch
[21] (tr) to cause or change by or as if by witchcraft
[22] a less common word for bewitch
[23] a flatfish, Pleuronectes (or Glyptocephalus ) cynoglossus, of N Atlantic coastal waters, having a narrow greyish-brown body marked with tiny black spots: family Pleuronectidae (plaice, flounders, etc)

Words related to Witching

enchanted, unusual, magic, mythical, fascinating, eerie, spooky, marvelous, extraordinary, otherworldly, wonderful, miraculous, uncanny, mysterious, weird, enchanting, spellbinding, occult, voodoo, beguile

Words nearby Witching

witches' butter, witches' sabbath, witches'-besom, witches'-broom, witchetty grub, witching, witching hour, witchweed, witchy, wite, witenagemot

Origin of Witching

before 900; Middle English wicche, Old English wicce (feminine; compare wicca (masculine) wizard; see wicked)

Other words from Witching

witch·ing·ly , adverb
witch·hood , noun
witch·like , adjective
un·der·witch , noun

Word origin for Witching

C19: perhaps from witch 1 , alluding to the appearance of the fish

Synonyms for Witching

bewitched, charismatic, clairvoyant, conjuring, demoniac, diabolic, eerie, enchanted, enchanting, ensorcelled, entranced, entrancing, extraordinary, fascinating, fiendish, ghostly, haunted, imaginary, magnetic, marvelous, miraculous, mysterious, mystic, mythical, necromantic, occult, otherworldly, parapsychological, runic, sorcerous, spectral, spellbinding, spellbound, spiritualistic, spooky, telekinetic, thaumaturgic, tranced, uncanny, unusual, weird, witchlike, wizardly, wonderful