vverb.emotionto render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or aweSynset:fascinate grip spellbind transfix
Examples:- The snake charmer fascinates the cobra
Derivationally Related Form:spellbinderfascinationgrip
Hypernyms:interest
Inherited Hypernyms:fascinateinterestarousemake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.communicationattract strongly, as if with a magnetSynset:bewitch magnetise magnetize mesmerise mesmerize spellbind
Examples:- She magnetized the audience with her tricks
Derivationally Related Form:spellbindermagnetizationmagnet
Hypernyms:charm influence tempt
Inherited Hypernyms:magnetizecharmpersuadeinduce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.bodyput into a tranceSynset:entrance spellbind
Derivationally Related Form:spellbinderentrancement
Hypernyms:hypnotise hypnotize mesmerise mesmerize
Inherited Hypernyms:entrancehypnotizesedateaffectchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: spellbind, entrance)
adj satadj.allattracting and holding interest as if by a spellSynset:hypnotic mesmeric mesmerizing
Examples:- read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice
- she had a warm mesmeric charm
- the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing
- a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome
Antonyms:unattractive
Derivationally Related Form:hypnosismesmerism
Inherited Hypernyms:hypnotic
Similar to:attractive