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Spellbinding

Engrossing; fascinating; gaining rapt attention; captivating.

📖 Definitions of "Spellbinding"

adjective

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
attractive	Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially of a potential romantic partner.
mesmerizing	Exercising mesmerism on; spellbinding; enthralling.
mesmeric	Of or relating to mesmerism or mesmerization.
hypnoticnoun	Capturing a person's attention to the exclusion of all else, as if placing them into a trance.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
attractive	Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially of a potential romantic partner.
mesmerizing	Exercising mesmerism on; spellbinding; enthralling.
mesmeric	Of or relating to mesmerism or mesmerization.
hypnoticnoun	Capturing a person's attention to the exclusion of all else, as if placing them into a trance.
rivetingnoun	Commanding the attention of spectators.
mesmerizedverb	Spellbound or enthralled.
transfixedverb	Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized.
tranced	Held as if in a trance; captivated.
entrancedverb	Held at attention, as if by magic.
captivenoun	One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
ensnaring	That ensnares or traps.
charmed	Impressed by the pleasantness of something.
bewrapt	(archaic, poetic) wrapped
captivateverb	(figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.
bewitchedverb	(Of a person) entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.
wrappedverb	Encased in a wrapping.
wraptverb	Misspelling of rapt. [(not comparable, archaic) Snatched, taken away; abducted.]
thrallnoun	(uncountable) The state of being under the control of another person.
pitfallingnoun	The process or act of succumbing to an unexpected hazard or pitfall.
besmitten	(archaic, rare) smitten; infatuated