witchlike
Like a sorceress
Witchlike describes something resembling or suggestive of a witch—in appearance, manner, or supernatural quality.
The word usually evokes the archetypal image: hooked nose, gnarled fingers, cackling voice, mysterious powers.
Her witchlike laugh echoed through the empty house.
It can describe uncanny intuition or eerie atmosphere as much as physical features.
Exhausted in appearance
hooked nose · wart · cackling · hunched · bony · crooked · weathered · ragged
Practice of dark magic
- hexMalevolent incantation
- curseInvoked harm through words
- spellArrange letters correctly
- incantationSpoken magical formula
potion · cauldron · brew · conjuring · familiar · coven · ritual · grimoire
Completely capturing one's attention
- mesmerizingCompletely capturing one's attention
- captivatingDeeply holding one's attention
- beguilingCharmingly deceptive
- entrancingDeeply captivating or bewitching
alluring · hypnotic · charming · seductive · glamour · siren · enchantress · enthralling
Conveying threat or danger
- malevolentHarboring ill will
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
ominous · threatening · baleful · macabre · ghastly · chilling · haunting · spooky
haggard
Exhausted in appearance
gnarled · hooked nose · wart · cackling · hunched · bony · crooked · weathered · ragged · hag
sorcery
Practice of dark magic
incantation · potion · cauldron · brew · conjuring · familiar · coven · ritual · grimoire · divination
spellbinding
Completely capturing one's attention
- mesmerizingCompletely capturing one's attention
- captivatingDeeply holding one's attention
- beguilingCharmingly deceptive
entrancing · alluring · hypnotic · charming · seductive · glamour · siren · enchantress · enthralling · fascinating
menacing
Conveying threat or danger
- malevolentHarboring ill will
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
foreboding · ominous · threatening · baleful · macabre · ghastly · chilling · haunting · spooky · grim
arcane
Understood by few
esoteric · inscrutable · veiled · shadowy · secretive · obscure · hidden · cloaked · elusive · unknowable