spellbinding
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5.8
- adjective
- /ˈspɛlˌbaɪndɪŋ/
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fascinante
- I also first read Lermontov online, still the most spellbinding novella I have ever encountered.
- a spellbinding orator
- a spellbinding tale
- a spellbinding journey
So this was my first encounter with Mario, Jaime, and Gilbert's truly spellbinding, irresistibly cool black and white panels.
- 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.
Blog text (3) -
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.
Blog text (18) -
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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3.7
Very attractive in a way that feels like magic
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5.6
Makes you unable to stop paying attention
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6.1
Keeping your attention so you cannot look away
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4.2
Holding people's attention because it is pleasant and interesting
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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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5.8
So beautiful or interesting that it holds your full attention
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6.6
Very attractive in a way that seems to cast a spell
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8.3
Attracts and keeps your attention as if by a spell
Holding your attention so you cannot stop looking or thinking
Very interesting and keeps your full attention
Antonyms
How Captivating
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.