spellbound
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5.2
- adjective
- /ˈspɛlˌbaʊnd/
:
fascinado
- The magician's performance left the audience spellbound for the entire evening.
So this remember, is the picture that Bradius was completely spellbound by that he he just thought was, was breathtaking.
- So this remember, is the picture that Bradius was completely spellbound by that he he just thought was, was breathtaking.
- But no, we just, we just sat spellbound for a while, as I think for the first hour of the interview, he just gave this spontaneous lecture about.
Examples
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Listening to this, the people of Halloweenland are absolutely spellbound, rapt, and quiet for a change.
Fiction book (1993) -
The people seemed spellbound, slow-moving if moving at all.
Academic text (2007) -
I was spellbound the whole time.
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Inside I saw an audience that... that was spellbound.
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And yet people are spellbound when he sits there and he talks.
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Nonetheless, you held us spellbound.
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I am incredibly excited and you can tell Lizzie is just absolutely spellbound right now.
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The beauty and wiles of Carillon hold our people spellbound.
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Faces are upturned, eyes are riveted on the teacher, and all are spellbound with the reading of the story.
Academic text (2005) -
Tales of idyllic life in nature's wonderland of Nouvelle-Cythere held Paris salons spellbound.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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4.5
So interested that you cannot stop watching or listening
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4.2
Feeling very pleased and attracted by something, as if under a spell
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7.5
Fully focused and very interested in something
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6.7
Very fascinated and unable to control your actions or feelings
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6.9
Very interested and full of wonder, unable to look away
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2.1
Very interested and unable to stop paying attention
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4.5
Paying all your attention to something because you are very interested
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5.8
Amazed and very happy so you cannot look away
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5.3
Your attention is fixed as if under a spell
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9.9
Under a magic spell that makes you do what someone wants
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7.4
Under a magical spell and very attracted to someone or something
Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening
Giving all your attention to something and not noticing other things
Unable to look away because something is very interesting
Unable to look away and to move because you feel very surprised or amazed
You feel charmed and full of wonder
Deeply focused on something and not aware of other things
How Captivating
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spellbound comes from spell ('magic charm') and bound ('tied' or 'held'), which gives the image of someone held by a magic spell. So to be spellbound is to be so very interested you cannot look away.