spellbinding
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5.8
- adjective
- /ˈspɛlˌbaɪndɪŋ/
- I also first read Lermontov online, still the most spellbinding novella I have ever encountered.
- a spellbinding orator
- a spellbinding tale
- a spellbinding journey
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- So this was my first encounter with Mario, Jaime, and Gilbert's truly spellbinding, irresistibly cool black and white panels.
- And we were listening to a Radcliffe Fellow talk about her book, and it was just a spellbinding presentation by a young writer.
- It was just absolutely spellbinding, right?
Examples
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Crystal clear and cutting, his reedy tone and liquid flow are simply spellbinding.
Blog text (15) -
Giant eagle rays, sharks, barracuda, and batfish twirl around in a spellbinding dance.
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Where you see hell, I see a spellbinding sense of purpose.
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"You can be anything you want to be, do anything you want," she said, breaking her spellbinding silence.
Fiction book (1990) -
"The article stated, "Michael A. Newdow, who makes his living as an emergency room doctor, gave a spellbinding performance" before the Supreme Court.
Academic text (2013) -
And we were listening to a Radcliffe Fellow talk about her book, and it was just a spellbinding presentation by a young writer.
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The action is captured in the most clever manner and fixates the audience in spellbinding wonder to see what will unfold next.
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My doctoral advisor was a brilliant, spellbinding lecturer, George Mosse, who as a young lad escaped from Berlin with his Jewish family to England and eventually to the United States.
Academic text (2014) -
His second oration, six years later, had been sharply critical of the then administration's civil rights record, further cementing his reputation as a spellbinding firebrand, one with political ambitions of his own.
Fiction book (1996) -
The magician's spellbinding performance left the audience in awe.
Synonyms
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2.0
Very interesting in a way that keeps your attention
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5.6
Makes you unable to stop paying attention
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3.7
Very attractive in a way that feels like magic
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4.2
Holding people's attention because it is pleasant and interesting
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6.1
Keeping your attention so you cannot look away
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5.5
A person or thing that holds your full attention as if by magic
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5.1
So interesting that it holds your full attention
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5.8
Very interesting in a way that keeps your attention
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3.9
Very interesting and keeps your full attention
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6.6
Very attractive in a way that seems to cast a spell
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5.8
So beautiful or interesting that it holds your full attention
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4.7
Holding your attention so you cannot stop looking or thinking
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8.3
Attracts and keeps your attention as if by a spell
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Etymology
Spellbinding comes from spell (a 'magic word' or charm) and bind (to 'tie' or 'hold'), so it paints a picture of being held by a magic spell. So something spellbinding keeps your attention 'as if by magic', which is why we use it for very fascinating things.