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Examples

• All

• We would sit in the dark, night after night among nameless humans, entranced with the miracle of light.

  Fiction book (1994)

• I was completely entranced with the nature and the landscape of Maine.

  Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary (2017)

• So I had to find a new way of expressing them... a way that would entrance him.

  Howl (2010)

• He was, you know, he, he could, he could entrance any woman off her feed by how he talked.

• "I was entranced and moved by your brief portrait of your father."

  Possession (2002)

• I felt the same thing, but I was too entranced by the spectacle to care about the risk.

  Fiction book (1998)

• "We stood there entranced by the spectacle, which appeared like an oasis in the dark.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Far from reviling the idol, Gregory found himself entranced by its beauty.

  Academic text (2005)

• When Isak Dinesen would talk to people, she'd open her eyes really wide and refrain from blinking as if she were trying to entrance them.

  Bedroom Story (2020)

• The magician's performance was so incredible that it seemed to entrance the entire audience.

Synonyms

F

to fascinate

vsto entrance

238 3.4

To attract and hold someone's strong interest or attention

adds a sense of wonder and delight beyond simple interest

I

to intrigue

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143 5.1

To make someone curious or interested

evokes wonder and delight rather than only curiosity

D

to delight

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79 2.1

To please someone very much

adds an element of wonder and enchantment beyond plain pleasure

C

to charm

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71 2.2

To please people by being friendly and attractive

leans more toward creating wonder and delight than simple pleasantness

C

to capture

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37 3.0

To attract and hold someone's interest or affection

creates wonder and delight rather than only general attraction

B

to bewitch

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23 7.2

To attract and charm someone as if by magic

is about wonder and delight rather than supernatural control

E

to enthrall

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20 6.8

To hold someone's full attention by being very interesting

produces wonder and delight rather than only keeping attention

C

to captivate

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19 4.2

To attract and hold someone's full attention

fills someone with wonder and delight rather than only intense focus

E

to enchant

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17 4.8

To make someone feel very pleased and amazed as if by magic

emphasizes filling with wonder and delight rather than mere fascination

E

to enrapture

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• Literature

6 7.8

To make someone feel very happy and amazed

creates wonder and delight rather than focusing solely on pleasure

B

to beguile

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4 8.4

To attract and charm someone while tricking them

is genuine wonder and delight rather than deceptive attraction

S

to spellbind

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1 7.0

To hold people completely interested as if by magic

creates delight and wonder rather than only a magical focus

E

to enamor

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• US

1 7.0

To make someone feel love and admiration for a person or thing

focuses on wonder and delight rather than romantic admiration

B

to becharm

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• Archaic

9.9

To use magic or nice words to make someone like and obey you

centres on causing wonder and delight not only pleasant appeal

Antonyms

B

to bore

15 1.4

To make someone feel tired or not interested by being dull when you speak

D

to disenchant

2 7.1

Make someone stop believing an idea that is not true or realistic

Phrasal Verbs

M

to make an entrance

9 4.9

To arrive somewhere in a way that draws a lot of attention

Compounds

F

front entrance

13 1.0

The main door at the front of a building where people enter

B

back entrance

10 1.8

A door at the back of a building that people use to enter

E

entrance exam

10 3.4

A test that students take to get into a school or university

S

service entrance

• Specialized

10 3.4

An entrance at the back of a building used by staff, for deliveries, or to take out rubbish

E

entrance fee

8 1.6

An amount of money you pay to enter a place or event

S

side entrance

5 1.8

An outside door at the side of a building used instead of the main door

E

entrance hall

4 2.8

A large room just inside the main door where people enter and wait

S

servant's entrance

• Archaic

1 6.7

A separate door at the back or side used by staff and for deliveries

E

entrance examination

1 3.9

An exam that decides if a person can enter a school or course

E

entrance money

• UK

3.3

Money you pay to get into an event or place

How Captivated

to enrapture

• Literature

6 7.8

to entrance

• Literature

13 6.3

to fascinate

238 3.4

to intrigue

143 5.1

to interest

206 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology