Mesmerized

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mesmerize \Mes"mer*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mesmerized}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Mesmerizing}.] [Also spelled {mesmerise}.]
     1. To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep; to hypnotize.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To produce an intense fascination in; to spellbind.


        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mesmerized
       adj : having your attention fixated as though by a spell [syn: {fascinated},
              {hypnotized}, {hypnotised}, {mesmerised}, {spellbound},
              {transfixed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "mesmerized":
     agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, arrested, astonished,
     astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, becharmed, beguiled,
     bewildered, bewitched, breathless, captivated, caught, charm-bound,
     charmed, confounded, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, enchanted,
     enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced, fascinated, fixed,
     flabbergasted, gaping, gauping, gazing, gripped, held, hypnotized,
     in a trance, in awe, in awe of, lost in wonder, marveling,
     open-eyed, openmouthed, overwhelmed, popeyed, puzzled, rapt,
     rapt in wonder, spell-caught, spellbound, staggered, staring,
     stupefied, surprised, thunderstruck, under a charm, under a spell,
     wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering