mesmerized
Held in thrall
Mesmerized means captivated or transfixed, unable to look away or think of anything else.
The word suggests being held spellbound, as if under a hypnotic influence: She stood mesmerized by the flames.
Someone mesmerized by a performance or speaker is completely absorbed, their attention locked.
The word comes from Franz Mesmer, an 18th-century physician who practiced hypnotism.
Held as if enchanted
- enthralledDeeply fascinated, held rapt
- fascinatedIntensely absorbed and curious
- engrossedWholly absorbed in something
- absorbedTook in fully
transfixed · rapt · riveted · gripped · captivated · enchanted · bewitched · charmed
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- hypnosisInduced trance state
- suggestibleEasily influenced by others
- inductionFormal admission process
- pendulumSuspended swinging weight
swaying · Svengali · Franz Mesmer · entranced · sleeplike · glazed · dazed · stupor
Amazement or curiosity
- amazementOverwhelming surprise and wonder
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
- aweReverent fear and wonder
- dazzledOverpowered by light or wonder
stunned · wonderstruck · starstruck · overwhelmed · breathless · speechless · slack-jawed · gobsmacked
Gripped by fixation
- fixatedObsessively attached or focused
- preoccupiedMentally elsewhere, not present
- consumedFully used or eaten
- infatuatedConsumed by shallow ardor
single-minded · laser-focused · glued · rooted · frozen · paralyzed · staring · unblinking
spellbound
Held as if enchanted
- enthralledDeeply fascinated, held rapt
- fascinatedIntensely absorbed and curious
- engrossedWholly absorbed in something
absorbed · transfixed · rapt · riveted · gripped · captivated · enchanted · bewitched · charmed · enraptured
trance
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- hypnosisInduced trance state
- suggestibleEasily influenced by others
- inductionFormal admission process
pendulum · swaying · Svengali · Franz Mesmer · entranced · sleeplike · glazed · dazed · stupor · spell
wonder
Amazement or curiosity
- amazementOverwhelming surprise and wonder
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
- aweReverent fear and wonder
dazzled · stunned · wonderstruck · starstruck · overwhelmed · breathless · speechless · slack-jawed · gobsmacked · thunderstruck
obsessed
Gripped by fixation
- fixatedObsessively attached or focused
- preoccupiedMentally elsewhere, not present
- consumedFully used or eaten
infatuated · single-minded · laser-focused · glued · rooted · frozen · paralyzed · staring · unblinking · locked on
- attentionattention, focus, focused, attentiveness, focused attention
- Captivated Statescaptivated, absorbed, engrossed, entranced, spellbound
- flirtingpickup line, wink, winking, hair flip, chat-up line
- captivatedspellbound, entranced, enthralled, rapt, transfixed
- status effectsdebuffed, poison, hexed, burn, cursed
- captivationfascination, captivation, enthrallment, bewitchment, entrancement
mesmerizedbored
Lacking interest or engagement
distracted · inattentive · disengaged · disinterested · uninterested
mesmerizedrepelled
Drove away forcefully
disgusted · repulsed · disenchanted · unimpressed · underwhelmed
- mesmerizing stareHypnotically compelling eye contact
mesmerize, mesmerizing, mesmerizes, mesmerizer, mesmerization