transfix
verb /trænsˈfɪks/
/trænsˈfɪks/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they transfix | /trænsˈfɪks/ /trænsˈfɪks/ |
| he / she / it transfixes | /trænsˈfɪksɪz/ /trænsˈfɪksɪz/ |
| past simple transfixed | /trænsˈfɪkst/ /trænsˈfɪkst/ |
| past participle transfixed | /trænsˈfɪkst/ /trænsˈfɪkst/ |
| -ing form transfixing | /trænsˈfɪksɪŋ/ /trænsˈfɪksɪŋ/ |
- transfix somebody to make somebody unable to move because they are afraid, surprised, etc. synonym paralyse
- Luisa stood transfixed with shock.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally meaning to pierce something with a sharp implement or weapon): from Latin transfix- ‘pierced through’, from the verb transfigere, from trans- ‘across’ + figere ‘fix, fasten’.