spellbound
Held in thrall
Spellbound means captivated or entranced, as if held by a magic spell.
Someone spellbound is so fascinated they can't look away or think of anything else: The audience sat spellbound through the entire performance.
The word suggests complete absorption—attention so fixed it resembles enchantment.
Intensely absorbed and curious
- enthralledDeeply fascinated, held rapt
- rivetedFastened or enthralled
- engrossedWholly absorbed in something
- transfixedHeld immobile by amazement
mesmerized · hypnotized · rapt · absorbed · gripped · hooked · entranced · attentive
Induced trance state
- mesmerismTrance-inducing influence
- entrancedFilled with wonder
- stuporSuspended sensibility
- dazeBewildered mental state
reverie · fugue · somnambulism · catalepsy · dissociation · rapture · ecstasy · transcendence
Under magical influence
- bewitchedUnder magical influence
- hexedPlaced under curse
- cursedUnder a malevolent spell
- charmedPleased or bewitched
ensorcelled · enchantment · sorcery · witchcraft · incantation · conjuration · wizardry · occult
Worn protective token
- talismanMagical protective charm
- charmAttractive personal quality
- totemSpiritual clan symbol
- relicPreserved ancient object
fetish · sigil · phylactery · scarab · crystal · potion · philter · enchanted object
Authoritative wisdom source
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
augury · tarot · runes · premonition · vision · foretelling · sibyl · precognition
fascinated
Intensely absorbed and curious
- enthralledDeeply fascinated, held rapt
- rivetedFastened or enthralled
- engrossedWholly absorbed in something
transfixed · mesmerized · hypnotized · rapt · absorbed · gripped · hooked · entranced · attentive · immersed
hypnosis
Induced trance state
daze · reverie · fugue · somnambulism · catalepsy · dissociation · rapture · ecstasy · transcendence · oneiric
enchanted
Under magical influence
charmed · ensorcelled · enchantment · sorcery · witchcraft · incantation · conjuration · wizardry · occult · arcane
amulet
Worn protective token
relic · fetish · sigil · phylactery · scarab · crystal · potion · philter · enchanted object · warding
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- seerOne who envisions futures
soothsayer · augury · tarot · runes · premonition · vision · foretelling · sibyl · precognition · scrying
- supernatural statesenchanted, bewitched, hexed, cursed, possessed
- fantasywizard, witch, magic, dragon, elf
- astonishmentamazement, awe, wonder, wonderstruck, awestruck
- attentionattention, focus, focused, attentiveness, focused attention
- Captivated Statescaptivated, absorbed, engrossed, entranced, mesmerized
- fairytale adjectivesmagical, enchanted, wicked, cursed, charming
spellboundbored
Lacking interest or engagement
disinterested · inattentive · distracted · unengaged · indifferent
spellbounddisenchanted
Lost one's illusions
unimpressed · unmoved · jaded · blasé · cynical
spellboundbored
Lacking interest or engagement
disinterested · uninterested · apathetic · listless · weary
under a spell, spellbinder, misspeller, bespell, spells, spelling, speller, misspell, spellbind