to mesmerize
3
7.2
- verb
- /ˈmɛzməˌraɪz/
- Specialized
:
hipnotizar
- Once again, he had mesmerized his audience with a clever mixture of opinions, facts, lies, nonsense, and contradictions.
- just mesmerized
Examples
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He has mesmerized them, and they're not sure whether to believe it or not.
Fiction book (1991) -
As the sun set, the beauty of the landscape began to mesmerize the tourists who watched in silence.
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Oh, yes, she was mesmerizing them, and she loved it.
Fiction book (1992) -
They both loved to hold court on a stage and mesmerize people.
Blog text (19) -
I was truly mesmerized by him already from his early days with Mind Control and Tricks of...
Blog text (16) -
There are facial expressions that go along with the pupil dilation that mesmerize the girl.
Blog text (28) -
Temple remembered the way he had stared at her, mesmerizing her with his eyes.
Fiction book (1994) -
She believed that her pale blue eyes could mesmerize whoever looked into them and that by casting as little as a glance at someone, she could bend that person's mind to fit her purpose.
Fiction book (2001) -
The magician used his captivating voice and movements to mesmerize the audience completely.
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She seemed to mesmerize everyone in the room with her enchanting performance.
Synonyms
55
6.1
To put someone into a sleep-like state so they follow suggestions
Antonyms
How Hypnotic
- US
55
6.1
- Specialized
3
7.2
- Literature
13
6.3
238
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
mesmerize = Mesmer (opaque) = mesmer + ize
Derived from the proper name 'Mesmer' with '-ize' to form a verb meaning 'induce hypnosis'; the sense depends on historical association rather than transparent compounding.
Etymology
The word mesmerize comes from Dr. Mesmer, who used 'animal magnetism' to influence people and who inspired the idea of mesmerism; his methods were like modern hypnosis, so to mesmerize can also mean to put someone into a hypnotic state.