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entrancement

entrancement

8.1
A feeling of deep wonder and delight that makes you unable to look away
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈtræns.mənt/
translation icon : fascinación
  • Children often experience a sense of entrancement when they watch their favorite animated movies.

Winston Churchill would ask, a decade later, who shall mock or begrudge these overpowering entrancements?

Examples

  • His little white-walled room seems, in his entrancement, to be a stage set, crowded with unpredictable exits and entrances.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The audience watched in entrancement as the magician performed his mesmerizing tricks.

  • Neither is the state of entrancement nor the sense of the miraculous.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Of being boy-raped, combined with a large share of the entrancement of my puppy love.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • She entered a state of entrancement while listening to the enchanting music of the orchestra.

Synonyms

wonder
vsentrancement
254 1.0

A feeling of surprise and curiosity at something new or beautiful

is a fuller state of delight and enchantment beyond simple curiosity
fascination
vsentrancement
105 3.4

A very strong interest that makes you pay close attention

is an emotional state centering on wonder and delight, not just interest
enjoyment
vsentrancement
73 1.0

The feeling of pleasure you get from something

is a state of wonder and delight beyond ordinary satisfaction
immersion
vsentrancement
11 5.4

Giving full attention to something so you forget other things

is an emotional state of wonder and delight rather than focused absorption
wonderment
vsentrancement
10 5.8

A feeling of surprise and admiration when you see something beautiful or strange

is a deeper lasting feeling of delight and enchantment than surprise
enchantment
vsentrancement
8 6.5

A feeling of great wonder and pleasure as if under a magic spell

is a general state of wonder and delight without magic
admiration
vsentrancement
2 2.5

A feeling of wonder and surprise at something impressive or strange

is a filled wonder and delight state, not merely amazed respect
delectation
vsentrancement
  • Literature
1 9.0

A great pleasure you feel when you enjoy something

is focused on enchantment and wonder rather than simple pleasure
captivation
vsentrancement
1 6.7

A strong feeling of being very interested and charmed by something

is about wonder filled delight rather than only strong attraction
enthrallment
vsentrancement
1 8.4

A strong feeling of being very interested and unable to look away

is a filled wonder and delight feeling, not only fascination
dazzlement
vsentrancement
1 4.6

A strong feeling of surprise and pleasure when you see something very beautiful or impressive

is about soft wonder and delight, not just visual overwhelm
engrossment
vsentrancement
1 7.0

Full attention to something that makes you forget other things

is a feeling of enchantment and delight, not mere mental absorption
ravishment
vsentrancement
  • Archaic
9.2

A feeling of great joy and wonder

is less intense and lacks the extreme ecstasy
mesmerization
vsentrancement
  • US
7.4

A strong feeling of complete fascination that holds your attention

does not imply hypnotic compulsion and avoids loss of control
bedazzlement
vsentrancement
7.1

A strong feeling of wonder and surprise at a very bright or impressive sight

is a feeling of wonder and delight rather than mere sensory dazzle

Antonyms

71 4.6

Lack of interest or concern about something

A feeling of disappointment you have after you learn something is not as good as you thought

How Entranced

rapture
37 6.9
entrancement
8.1
captivation
1 6.7
fascination
105 3.4

Surface Forms

entrancement singular
entrancements plural

Morphology

entrancement = entrance (transparent) = en + trance + ment

Formed by nominalizing the verb 'entrance' (to enchant) with '-ment', yielding a clear 'state or result' meaning.

Etymology

Entrancement comes from entrance, which originally meant 'to put into a trance'. The en- part means 'in' and trance means a 'dreamy state', so entrancement is the state of being filled with wonder and delight.