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[syn: hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mesmeric \Mes*mer"ic\, Mesmerical \Mes*mer"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
   mesm['e]rique.]
   Of, pertaining to, or induced by, mesmerism; as, mesmeric
   sleep.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mesmeric
    adj 1: attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read
           the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm
           mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was
           mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in
           ancient Rome" [syn: hypnotic, mesmeric,
           mesmerizing, spellbinding]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "mesmeric":
   absorbing, alluring, appealing, appetizing, arresting, attractive,
   beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating,
   catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, consuming,
   coquettish, drawing, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enravishing,
   enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, exotic, fascinating,
   fetching, flirtatious, glamorous, gripping, holding, hypnoid,
   hypnotic, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible,
   magnetic, mesmerizing, mouth-watering, narcohypnotic, obsessing,
   obsessive, odylic, piquant, prepossessing, provocative, provoquant,
   ravishing, seducing, seductive, siren, sirenic, spellbinding,
   spellful, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, tickling,
   titillating, titillative, winning, winsome, witching