mesmerises
Holds completely spellbound
Mesmerises is the British spelling of mesmerizes.
To mesmerise is to hold someone's attention so completely they seem spellbound: The dancer mesmerised the audience with her performance.
The word derives from Franz Mesmer, an 18th-century physician who popularized hypnotism.
Something mesmerising captivates utterly: mesmerising eyes, a mesmerising voice.
Holds rapt attention
- spellbindsFascinates utterly, transfixes
- entrancesOpenings for access, or beguiles
- bewitchesCasts a spell on
- enchantsDelights or bewitches
transfixes · enthralls · fascinates · beguiles · charms · enraptures · rivets · grips
Assembled viewers or listeners
- crowdsAssembled multitudes
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- viewersPeople who watch
- dazzlesImpresses or blinds intensely
wows · stuns · awes · amazes · astounds · impresses · theatres · stages
Induces suggestible trance state
- trancesSemiconscious mental states
- inducesCauses to occur
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
- magnetismForce between poles
susceptible · somnambulism · fixation · swinging · pendulum · gaze · induction · subconscious
captivates
Holds rapt attention
- spellbindsFascinates utterly, transfixes
- entrancesOpenings for access, or beguiles
- bewitchesCasts a spell on
enchants · transfixes · enthralls · fascinates · beguiles · charms · enraptures · rivets · grips · hypnotises
audiences
Assembled viewers or listeners
- crowdsAssembled multitudes
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- viewersPeople who watch
dazzles · wows · stuns · awes · amazes · astounds · impresses · theatres · stages · showmanship
hypnotises
Induces suggestible trance state
- trancesSemiconscious mental states
- inducesCauses to occur
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
magnetism · susceptible · somnambulism · fixation · swinging · pendulum · gaze · induction · subconscious · sleepwalking
mesmerisesbores
Drills or tires
puts to sleep · repels · disengages · disinterests · wearies