entranced

English

Etymology

entrance +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈtɹɑːnst/
• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈtɹænst/

Adjective

entranced (comparative more entranced, superlative most entranced)

1. Held at attention, as if by magic.
   • 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer:

     There sate a Spirit in the vault,
     In shape, in hue, in lineaments, like life,
     And by him couch’d, as if intranced,
     The hundred-headed Worm that never dies.

   • 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 37:

     The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake.

Synonyms

• bedazzled, fascinated, hypnotized, mesmerized, spellbound

Translations

held at attention, as if by magic

• Finnish: haltioitunut, lumoutunut
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• German: bezaubert (de)

Verb

entranced

1. simple past and past participle of entrance