adj
Meaning 1
Spellbound or enthralled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
mesmerized
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adj
Meaning 2
Hypnotized.
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verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of mesmerize
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Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having your attention fixated as though by a spell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fascinated, hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerised, spellbound, spell-bound, transfixed
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Derived from mesmerism, a pseudoscientific theory and practiced originating with and named after Franz Anton Mesmer and also known as animal magnetism.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُنْبَهِر (munbahir) — spellbound or enthralled
- Arabic: مَفْتُون (maftūn) — spellbound or enthralled
- German: hypnotisiert — spellbound or enthralled
- German: fasziniert — spellbound or enthralled
- Hindi: मंत्रमुग्ध (mantramugdh) — spellbound or enthralled
- Portuguese: fascinado — spellbound or enthralled
- Romanian: fascinat — spellbound or enthralled
- Serbo-Croatian: opčaran — spellbound or enthralled
- Serbo-Croatian: opčinjen — spellbound or enthralled
- Serbo-Croatian: hipnotiziran — spellbound or enthralled
- Serbo-Croatian: fasciniran — spellbound or enthralled
- Serbo-Croatian: zapanjen — spellbound or enthralled
- Serbo-Croatian: zadivljen — spellbound or enthralled
- Hindi: सम्मोहित (sammohit) — hypnotized
- Romanian: hipnotizat — hypnotized
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