Spellbound

6 definitions found

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

  Spellbind \Spell"bind`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spellbound}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Spellbinding}.]
     To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to
     entrance or fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a
     political campaign. -- {Spell"bind`er}, n.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



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

  Spellbound \Spell"bound`\, a.
     Bound by, or as by, a spell.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spellbind
       v 1: to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing
            terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"
            [syn: {fascinate}, {transfix}, {grip}]
       2: attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the
          audience with her tricks" [syn: {magnetize}, {mesmerize},
          {mesmerise}, {magnetise}, {bewitch}]
       3: put into a trance [syn: {entrance}]
       [also: {spellbound}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spellbound
       See {spellbind}

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

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "spellbound":
     agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, arrested, astonished,
     astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, becharmed, beguiled,
     bewildered, bewitched, breathless, captivated, castle-building,
     caught, charm-bound, charmed, confounded, daydreaming, daydreamy,
     dreamful, dreaming, dreamlike, dreamy, dreamy-eyed, dreamy-souled,
     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, mesmerized, open-eyed,
     openmouthed, overwhelmed, pipe-dreaming, popeyed, puzzled, rapt,
     rapt in wonder, spell-caught, spelled, staggered, staring,
     stupefied, surprised, thunderstruck, tranced, under a charm,
     under a spell, wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering