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| Main Entry: |
mesmerize
 [mez-muh-rahyz, mes-] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate |
| Synonyms: | catch up, control, deaden, drug, ensorcell, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, grip, hold spellbound, hypnotize, magnetize, numb, render unconscious, spellbind, stupefy |
| Antonyms: | disenchant, turn off |
| Main Entry: | charm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enchant |
| Synonyms: | allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, delight, draw, enamor, enrapture, ensorcell, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, grab, hex, hypnotize, inveigle, kill*, knock dead, knock out, magnetize, mesmerize, please, possess, put under a spell, send*, slay, spell*, sweep off feet, take*, tickle, tickle pink, transport, turn on, vamp, voodoo, wile, win, win over, wow* |
| Antonyms: | displease, irritate, offend, repel, repulse, turn off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enthrall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate |
| Synonyms: | absorb, beguile, bewitch, charm, enchant, engage, enrapture, enslave, entrance, fascinate, grab, grip, hold spellbound, hook, hypnotize, intrigue, mesmerize, preoccupy, rivet, spellbind, subdue, subject, subjugate |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull, tire, turn off, weary |
Example Sentences
- Every now and then, some nonhuman freak comes along to mesmerize movie audiences.
- Its haunting eye sockets and full set of milk teeth mesmerize with the same sense of symmetry found in a great work of art.
- Sure, a simple sandbox and climbing gym are enough to mesmerize toddlers.
| Main Entry: | entrance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate, hypnotize |
| Synonyms: | anesthetize, attract, bewitch, charm, delight, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, fascinate, gladden, mesmerize, please, put in a trance, ravish, rejoice, spellbind, transport |
| Antonyms: | disgust, repel, repulse, turn off |
| Main Entry: | fascinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate, hold spellbound |
| Synonyms: | absorb, allure, animate, arouse, attach, attract, beguile, bewitch, charm, compel, delight, draw, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, enthrall, entice, entrance, excite, fire, gladden, hypnotize, infatuate, interest, intoxicate, intrigue, invite, kindle, lure, mesmerize, overpower, overwhelm, pique, please, provoke, ravish, rivet, seduce, spellbind, stimulate, stir, subdue, tantalize, tempt, thrill, titillate, transfix, transport, win |
| Antonyms: | bore, disenchant, disenthrall, disinterest, repel, tire |
| Main Entry: | grip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entrance, enchant |
| Synonyms: | catch up, compel, engross, enthrall, fascinate, hold, hypnotize, involve, mesmerize, rivet, spellbind |
| Antonyms: | disgust, repel |
| Main Entry: | hypnotize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in trance; spellbind |
| Synonyms: | anesthetize, bring under control, captivate, charm, drug, dull the will, entrance, fascinate, hold under a spell, induce, lull to sleep, magnetize, make drowsy, make sleepy, mesmerize, narcotize, put to sleep, soothe, stupefy, subject tosuggestion |
| Antonyms: | excite, exhilarate, incite, inspire, stimulate |
| Main Entry: | ravish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enchant |
| Synonyms: | allure, attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, draw, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, hold, hypnotize, magnetize, mesmerize, overjoy, please, spellbind, trance, transport |
| Antonyms: | disenchant, repulse, turn off |
| Main Entry: | transfix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold one's attention |
| Synonyms: | bewitch, captivate, enchant, engross, fascinate, hold, hypnotize, mesmerize, palsy, paralyze, petrify, rivet, root, spellbind, stop in one's tracks, stop one dead, stun |
| Antonyms: | bore, look away |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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