entrancement
- noun
- /ɪnˈtræns.mənt/
:
fascinación
- Children often experience a sense of entrancement when they watch their favorite animated movies.
Winston Churchill would ask, a decade later, who shall mock or begrudge these overpowering entrancements?
- Winston Churchill would ask, a decade later, who shall mock or begrudge these overpowering entrancements?
Examples
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His little white-walled room seems, in his entrancement, to be a stage set, crowded with unpredictable exits and entrances.
Fiction book (1990) -
The audience watched in entrancement as the magician performed his mesmerizing tricks.
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Neither is the state of entrancement nor the sense of the miraculous.
Academic text (1993) -
Of being boy-raped, combined with a large share of the entrancement of my puppy love.
Fiction book (1990) -
She entered a state of entrancement while listening to the enchanting music of the orchestra.
Synonyms
254
1.0
A feeling of surprise and curiosity at something new or beautiful
105
3.4
A very strong interest that makes you pay close attention
73
1.0
The feeling of pleasure you get from something
11
5.4
Giving full attention to something so you forget other things
10
5.8
A feeling of surprise and admiration when you see something beautiful or strange
8
6.5
A feeling of great wonder and pleasure as if under a magic spell
2
2.5
A feeling of wonder and surprise at something impressive or strange
1
9.0
A great pleasure you feel when you enjoy something
1
6.7
A strong feeling of being very interested and charmed by something
1
8.4
A strong feeling of being very interested and unable to look away
1
4.6
A strong feeling of surprise and pleasure when you see something very beautiful or impressive
1
7.0
Full attention to something that makes you forget other things
A feeling of great joy and wonder
A strong feeling of complete fascination that holds your attention
A strong feeling of wonder and surprise at a very bright or impressive sight
Antonyms
6
7.7
A feeling of disappointment you have after you learn something is not as good as you thought
How Entranced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Entrancement comes from entrance, which originally meant 'to put into a trance'. The en- part means 'in' and trance means a 'dreamy state', so entrancement is the state of being filled with wonder and delight.