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[syn: fascinated, hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized, mesmerised, spellbound, spell-bound, transfixed]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spellbound \Spell"bound`\, a.
Bound by, or as by, a spell.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spellbind \Spell"bind`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spellbound; p.
pr. & vb. n. Spellbinding.]
To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to
entrance or fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a
political campaign. -- Spell"bind`er, n.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spellbound
adj 1: having your attention fixated as though by a spell [syn:
fascinated, hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized,
mesmerised, spellbound, spell-bound, transfixed]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "spellbound":
agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, arrested, astonished,
astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, becharmed, beguiled,
bewildered, bewitched, breathless, captivated, castle-building,
caught, charm-bound, charmed, confounded, daydreaming, daydreamy,
dreamful, dreaming, dreamlike, dreamy, dreamy-eyed, dreamy-souled,
dumbfounded, dumbstruck, enchanted, enraptured, enravished,
enthralled, entranced, fascinated, fixed, flabbergasted, gaping,
gauping, gazing, gripped, held, hypnotized, in a trance, in awe,
in awe of, lost in wonder, marveling, mesmerized, open-eyed,
openmouthed, overwhelmed, pipe-dreaming, popeyed, puzzled, rapt,
rapt in wonder, spell-caught, spelled, staggered, staring,
stupefied, surprised, thunderstruck, tranced, under a charm,
under a spell, wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering