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Adjective spellbinding has 1 sense
- hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding - attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
Antonym: unattractive (indirect, via attractive)
Verb spellbind has 3 senses
- fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind - to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"
--1 is one way to interest
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind - attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"
--2 is one way to charm, influence, tempt
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- entrance, spellbind - put into a trance
--3 is one way to hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to spellbind Sue
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