magnetizing

Making metal stick

Magnetizing is making something magnetic or creating a magnetic field.

Iron becomes magnetized when exposed to a magnet.

The word extends to compelling attraction: a magnetizing personality, Her performance was magnetizing.

To magnetize an audience is to hold them rapt.

captivating

mesmerize

Capture attention completely

spellbind · riveting · gripping · compelling · engrossing · absorbing · hypnotize · enchant · bewitch · entrance

physical

lodestone

Naturally magnetic mineral

nickel · cobalt · flux · field · dipoles · induction · paramagnetic · saturation · permeability · hysteresis

polarizing

divisive

Causing sharp disagreement

opposition · schism · discord · partisanship · factionalism · ideological · alienation · estrangement · antagonism · dissent

Categories
Opposites
magnetic polarity/attraction

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Removing magnetic charge

demagnetising · degaussing · repelling · repulsing · depolarizing

figurative appeal/charisma

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Pushing away forcefully

repulsing · alienating · off-putting · driving away · turning off

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G