entranced

Examples

• All

• The audience was completely entranced by the magician's performance, unable to look away from the astonishing tricks.

• I was so entranced that I read it super fast.

  Blog text (24)

• Kudos to an author that kept me entranced until the end.

  Megyn Kelly

• He was as entranced as he had ever been by any rare bird; he dared not move, for fear of frightening her.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I was so entranced with my work that I didn't hear Jeanne come up the stairs and couldn't help showing my chagrin at being disturbed.

  Fiction book (1995)

• She gave no indication that she saw me or that she saw my son, perfectly still, entranced, huffing brief ghosts of longing against the pane.

  Fiction book (1996)

• As the dancer moved gracefully across the stage, I became entranced by her elegance and precision.

• The children were entranced by the story being told, not wanting the storyteller to stop.

Synonyms

C

charmed

vsentranced

20 4.2

Feeling very pleased and attracted by something, as if under a spell

carries stronger wonder and a fixed attention beyond simple delight

R

rapt

vsentranced

• Formal

11 7.5

Fully focused and very interested in something

stresses wonder and inability to look away rather than simple interest

S

spellbound

vsentranced

7 5.2

So interested that you cannot stop watching or listening

is more about wonder and fixed attention not only magic feeling

E

enthralled

vsentranced

3 6.9

Very interested and full of wonder, unable to look away

implies inability to look away or think of anything else

F

fascinated

vsentranced

1 2.1

Very interested and unable to stop paying attention

conveys wonder and a stronger inability to look away than mere interest

E

engrossed

vsentranced

1 4.5

Paying all your attention to something because you are very interested

adds a sense of wonder and amazement not just deep focus

A

awed

vsentranced

1 3.7

Feeling deep wonder and respect, sometimes a little afraid

leans more toward joyful delight and inability to look away rather than reverence

H

hypnotized

vsentranced

• US

1 5.3

Your attention is fixed as if under a spell

leans more toward wonder and inability to look away than merely a fixed state

W

wonder-struck

vsentranced

1 7.2

Feeling very amazed by something beautiful or strange

adds delight and a fixed inability to look away beyond mere amazement

E

enrapt

vsentranced

• Literature

7.8

Feeling great joy and deep interest

is more about wonder and inability to look away

E

enraptured

vsentranced

• Literature

7.2

Full of great joy and wonder

highlights wonder and inability to look away rather than only pleasure

M

mesmerized

vsentranced

• US

6.0

Unable to look away because something is very interesting

adds wonder and an inability to look away to the feeling

T

transfixed

vsentranced

6.7

Unable to look away and to move because you feel very surprised or amazed

focuses on wonder and lasting attention rather than only motionless shock

C

captivated

vsentranced

3.9

Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening

adds a sense of wonder and inability to look away

B

beguiled

vsentranced

7.7

You feel charmed and full of wonder

puts more weight on wonder and inability to look away

A

absorbed

vsentranced

3.6

Giving all your attention to something and not noticing other things

includes wonder and delight and a stronger inability to look away

D

dazzled

vsentranced

4.2

Very impressed and unable to speak because something is beautiful or amazing

has more calm wonder and focused attention rather than stunned reaction

Antonyms

B

bored

353 1.0

Feeling not interested and tired from doing the same thing too much

D

disenchanted

13 6.1

No longer believing something is good or special after seeing the truth

How Entranced

spellbound

7 5.2

mesmerized

• US

6.0

entranced

1 5.8

fascinated

1 2.1

interested

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

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