to enthrall

Examples

• All

• My father, too, became enthralled and sat motionless among his butter beans until Uncle Zeno concluded.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Fans of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will certainly be enthralled by the sequel.

  Academic text (2015)

• Well, as the trial of Donald J Trump has started, I have just been enthralled with all of it.

  I've Had It

• Your friends on the committee will be enthralled.

  Night Call Nurses (1972)

• Annie had been enthralled by Rain from the moment she first saw him.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Your eyes are closed, and you are listening to music that enthralls and absorbs your attention.

  Academic text (2016)

• Straight away, his audience is enthralled by George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.

• The film left me enthralled and fascinated, even a little horrified in an abstract way.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The public was enthralled by the recent events surrounding Homer's death and Langley's curious disappearance.

  Academic text (2016)

• Tituba was her name, and she regularly regailed groups of enthralled girls with vivid tales of voodoo spells and witchcraft.

  Witchcraft 8: Salem's Ghost (1996)

Synonyms

F

to fascinate

vsto enthrall

238 3.4

To attract and hold someone's strong interest or attention

suggests a more complete, spellbound level of attention

I

to intrigue

vsto enthrall

143 5.1

To make someone curious or interested

denotes deeper, more total attention rather than initial curiosity

D

to delight

vsto enthrall

79 2.1

To please someone very much

stresses full, spellbound attention rather than simple pleasure

M

to mesmerize

vsto enthrall

• US

39 6.4

To hold someone's full attention as if by magic

describes the same total attention without the explicit spell image

R

to rivet

vsto enthrall

33 6.1

To hold someone's full attention because something is very interesting or surprising

is broader, implying fascination rather than just steady focus

C

to captivate

vsto enthrall

19 4.2

To attract and hold someone's full attention

leans more toward general charm rather than magical captivation

E

to engross

vsto enthrall

17 5.8

To hold someone's full attention

adds a stronger sense of fascination or being spellbound

E

to enchant

vsto enthrall

17 4.8

To make someone feel very pleased and amazed as if by magic

focuses more on holding complete attention than on delight

R

to ravish

vsto enthrall

• Literature

6 8.7

To fill someone with great joy and amazement

is similar but centers more on pure fascination than delight

E

to enrapture

vsto enthrall

• Literature

6 7.8

To make someone feel very happy and amazed

places emphasis on fascination rather than on pleasurable feeling

S

to spellbind

vsto enthrall

1 7.0

To hold people completely interested as if by magic

does not stress the magic-like quality of the effect

E

to enamor

vsto enthrall

• US

1 7.0

To make someone feel love and admiration for a person or thing

is about holding full attention rather than creating romantic feeling

E

to enthral

vsto enthrall

• US

7.2

Hold someone's attention completely and make them feel very interested

is the same idea but stated in the key's wording

S

to sweep off someone's feet

vsto enthrall

• Informal

4.5

Make someone feel very impressed and strongly attracted

focuses on complete attention without implying romantic infatuation

Antonyms

D

to disenchant

2 7.1

Make someone stop believing an idea that is not true or realistic

How Captivating

to enthrall

20 6.8

to engage

117 3.5

to interest

206 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology