hypnotized

Examples

• All

• But when I'm driving on the highway, sometimes I get like hypnotized by like the lines.

• And I was, I've just stood there hypnotized, transfixed.

• Oh, oh, you get hypnotized in a commercial?

• So either I've been hypnotized or this kind of works.

• Well, it was weird because I had this experience and then I, I was hypnotized and then I didn't remember it.

• It's almost like they were wide awake, hypnotized, and then boom, like snap of a finger.

• Bizarrely, you get slightly hypnotised by the movement.

• And I found myself hypnotized by this false confidence as I'm like, Oh yeah, she's already seen the decorations.

• The audience was hypnotized by the magician's captivating performance.

• She was so hypnotized by the beautiful scenery that she couldn't take her eyes off it.

Synonyms

C

charmed

vshypnotized

20 4.2

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

is deeper and suggests attention fixed as if enchanted

R

rapt

vshypnotized

• Formal

11 7.5

Fully focused and very interested in something

is more like being under a spell than simple absorption

U

under a spell

vshypnotized

8 6.7

Very fascinated and unable to control your actions or feelings

is the same idea but emphasizes lasting deep absorption

S

spellbound

vshypnotized

7 5.2

So interested that you cannot stop watching or listening

is about fixed attention rather than only magical feeling

E

enthralled

vshypnotized

3 6.9

Very interested and full of wonder, unable to look away

is more about an unshakable, trance-like fixation than delight

F

fascinated

vshypnotized

1 2.1

Very interested and unable to stop paying attention

is more about a trance that fixes attention completely

E

engrossed

vshypnotized

1 4.5

Paying all your attention to something because you are very interested

is like that attention but with trance or spell imagery

E

entranced

vshypnotized

1 5.8

Amazed and very happy so you cannot look away

is similar but suggests a stronger, more fixed trance

B

bewitched

vshypnotized

1 7.4

Under a magical spell and very attracted to someone or something

is similar but can be used without literal magic sense

E

ensorcelled

vshypnotized

• Archaic

1 9.9

Under a magic spell that makes you do what someone wants

is comparable but often used more figuratively in feeling

M

mesmerized

vshypnotized

• US

6.0

Unable to look away because something is very interesting

is similar but suggests trance-like complete absorption

C

captivated

vshypnotized

3.9

Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening

is more like an immobilizing trance than gentle attraction

E

enwrapped

vshypnotized

7.6

Deeply focused on something and not aware of other things

is more about being held immobile by a trance

A

absorbed

vshypnotized

3.6

Giving all your attention to something and not noticing other things

is more like a spellbound state than mere involvement

B

beguiled

vshypnotized

7.7

You feel charmed and full of wonder

is stronger, implying an almost hypnotic or trance state

T

transfixed

vshypnotized

6.7

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

is more about fascinated absorption than physical immobility

How Absorbed

entranced

1 5.8

hypnotized

• US

1 5.3

fascinated

1 2.1

engrossed

1 4.5

interested

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology