spellbind
Hold completely rapt
To spellbind is to hold someone's attention completely, as if by magic.
A spellbinding performance captivates so thoroughly that the audience cannot look away.
The past tense spellbound works as both verb and adjective: The children sat spellbound through the magician's act.
Her storytelling spellbound the entire room.
To fascinate utterly
- mesmerizeCapture attention completely
- entrancePoint of access
- rivetHeaded pin hammered flat
- gripSecure manual hold
transfix · enrapture · absorb · engross · fascinate · hypnotize · bewitch · charm
Magical influence over someone
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- hexMalevolent incantation
- curseInvoked harm through words
- charmAttractive personal quality
conjuration · sorcery · witchcraft · wizardry · bewitchment · glamour · ensorcell · invocation
enthrall
To fascinate utterly
grip · transfix · enrapture · absorb · engross · fascinate · hypnotize · bewitch · charm · beguile
enchantment
Magical influence over someone
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- hexMalevolent incantation
- curseInvoked harm through words
charm · conjuration · sorcery · witchcraft · wizardry · bewitchment · glamour · ensorcell · invocation · ritual
trance
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
daze · fixation · glassy-eyed · entranced · rapt · transfixed · glazed · dreamlike · bedazzled · slack-jawed
- spellscast, conjure, curse, enchantment, fireball
- allureattraction, attract, magnetism, charisma, attractiveness