mesmerizing
16
5.5
- adjective
- /ˈmɛzməˌraɪzɪŋ/
- US
- The magician's performance was so mesmerizing that the audience sat in silence, captivated by his every move.
- mesmerizing eyes
- mesmerizing voice
- mesmerizing rhythm
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- So it was, I don't know if that answers your question, but it was absolutely a mesmerizing read.
- You can be mesmerizing and create tension talking about anything, even sandwiches.
- The way that this blends is mesmerizing, easy, just it's so good.
Examples
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It's incredibly mesmerizing and relaxing and even a bit Zen.
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Drenched in color, the images provide readers with a mesmerizing view of the landscape and its inhabitants.
Academic text (2010) -
It's the most mesmerizing place in the world.
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And perhaps the most mesmerizing of all systems is the binary star phenomenon.
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The tiny dioramas she gave me were also mesmerizing.
Academic text (1998) -
Catherine Young straddles the beautiful black animal, her mesmerizing eyes scanning the horizon.
Fiction book (2000) -
In fact, Braga gives a performance of great range and subtlety that is little short of mesmerizing.
Academic text (1992) -
It was quaint, in a great location, had an Infinity pool and just mesmerizing views.
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They're beautiful, majestic, mysterious, mesmerizing creatures.
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A single petal fell off and twirled to the floor in a slow, floating, mesmerizing spiral.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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3.7
Very attractive in a way that feels like magic
20
4.2
Holding people's attention because it is pleasant and interesting
17
6.1
Keeping your attention so you cannot look away
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5.8
Very interesting in a way that keeps your attention
5
6.6
Very attractive in a way that seems to cast a spell
4
5.8
Makes you watch and listen because it feels like magic
2
5.8
So beautiful or interesting that it holds your full attention
2
4.7
Holding your attention so you cannot stop looking or thinking
1
8.3
Attracts and keeps your attention as if by a spell
Antonyms
How Captivating
- US
16
5.5
4
5.8
7
5.8
20
4.2
72
3.5
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word mesmerizing comes from the name Mesmer, a doctor who believed he could use a kind of 'magnet' to put people into a 'trance'. So something mesmerizing holds your attention as if by magic.