in a trance
Lost to hypnosis
In a trance describes a state of altered consciousness where someone appears mentally absent or deeply absorbed.
The phrase suggests being spellbound, hypnotized, or lost in thought: She stared at the flames, completely in a trance.
It can describe literal hypnotic states or figurative ones—being so captivated by something that you're unaware of your surroundings: The music put me in a trance.
- hypnotizedInduced into trance state
- mesmerizedHeld in rapt attention
- under a spellAffected by magic
- spellboundHeld as if enchanted
- dazedShocked into mental fog
entranced · glazed · stupor · dreamlike · cataleptic · zoned out · out of it · lost in thought · fugue · dissociated · sleepwalking · walking dead · hypnosis · stage hypnotist · swaying · vacant · meditation · possessed
- Captivated Statescaptivated, absorbed, engrossed, entranced, spellbound
- captivatedspellbound, entranced, enthralled, mesmerized, rapt
in a trancepresent
Gift or current moment
in the moment · in the here and now · grounded · centered · mindful
in a tranceresponsive
Quick to react
on the ball · quick on the uptake · reactive · sharp-witted · snappy
trance, trances, tranced, trancing, transient, transit, transition, transitional, transitory