trancelike
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7.4
- adjective
- /ˈtrænslaɪk/
- He fell into an almost trancelike state as he felt the reality of the situation.
- trancelike behavior
Examples
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But that disembodied rapture, reading, is trancelike enough to make us feel ego-less.
Blog text (3) -
Sodium amytal is a drug that induces a highly impressionable, trancelike euphoria.
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He had, trancelike and in robotic fashion, dressed as for every other day at work.
Fiction book (1996) -
My companions went forward, dreamlike, trancelike, into the flames.
Fiction book (1999) -
The geshe continued in his trancelike tone, moving his mouth in a steady, monosyllabic pace, without any hint of excitement in his eyes.
Fiction book (2000) -
Tegan sat in the shallows like some fantastic spike-haired water nymph, a trancelike expression on her face.
Fiction book (1998) -
The hood of her slicker isolates her face like a nun's, and she moves with a trancelike stillness.
Fiction book (1992) -
Chaos had always seemed too frail to be a mother cat, and the longer the kittens nursed, the frailer she became, lying trancelike on her side, her black paws stretched before her.
Fiction book (1996) -
For one to whom the real world becomes real images, mere images are transformed into real beings—tangible figments which are the efficient motor of trancelike behavior. — Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle (1967)
Academic text (1999) -
As she listened to the soothing music, she felt herself slipping into a trancelike state of relaxation.
Synonyms
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6.0
Unable to look away because something is very interesting
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7.0
Causing a person to enter a trance of deep calm and focus
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8.4
Moving slowly and not fully aware because you are very tired
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5.7
Having a calm, unreal quality as if you are half asleep
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8.9
To feel dazed and not able to pay attention
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9.9
Moving or acting slowly and automatically like a sleepwalker
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7.7
Looking or moving like a tired, lifeless person
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9.9
Not aware of surroundings and unable to remember what happened
A state like sleep when a person is very relaxed and responsive
Antonyms
How Absorbed
- US
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5.3
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5.8
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7.4
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4.8
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5.9
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3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word trancelike is made from trance and -like, so it means 'like a trance'. A trance is a state where a person feels 'carried away' from the world and almost in another place, so trancelike describes someone who seems dazed or very absorbed.