captivateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈkæp.tɪ.veɪt/us/ˈkæp.tə.veɪt/to hold the attention of someone by being extremely interesting, exciting, pleasant, or attractive:
With her beauty and charm, she captivated film audiences everywhere.
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Attracting and tempting
- affinity
- allure
- arrest
- attract
- attraction
- charm
- charm the pants off sb idiom
- counterattraction
- crowd-puller
- cute
- disarm
- glitter
- magnet
- pulling power
- reel
- reel sb/sth in
- seduce
- seduction
- seductive
- spell
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Making people excited and interested
captivating
adjective uk/ˈkæp.tɪ.veɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈkæp.tə.veɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
a captivating performance