spellbound

English

Alternative forms

• spell-bound

Etymology

From spell +‎ bound.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈspɛlˌbaʊnd/

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Adjective

spellbound (comparative more spellbound, superlative most spellbound)

1. Under the influence of a magical spell; enchanted, bewitched, or supernaturally constrained.
   • 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41:

     At once he sniffed the smell of man. At once he feared his hidden lair had been looted while he slept. How had a man dared to come so close? He must have trod next to the dragon's head so as not to be spellbound.

2. Fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell; captivated.

   The story left the children spellbound.

Related terms

• spellbind

Translations

fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell

• Bulgarian: омагьосан (bg) (omagjosan), запленен (bg) (zaplenen)
• Catalan: embadalit (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 如痴如醉 (rúchīrúzuì)

• Czech: okouzlený, očarovaný, uhranutý, fascinovaný (cs)
• Dutch: betoverd (nl)
• Faroese: trøllabundin
• Finnish: lumoutunut, haltioitunut
• French: envoûté (fr), fasciné (fr)
• German: gebannt (de), bezaubert (de)
• Italian: affascinato (it), incantato (it), ammaliato (it), trasognato (it)
• Norwegian: trollbundet
• Polish: oczarowany, zafascynowany
• Portuguese: encantado (pt), fascinado (pt)
• Russian: очаро́ванный (ru) (očaróvannyj), зачаро́ванный (ru) (začaróvannyj), заворо́женный (ru) (zavoróžennyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: opčinjenost (sh), fasciniranost
• Sicilian: pircantatu
• Spanish: embobado (es)
• Swedish: trollbunden (sv)
• Tagalog: nabighani
• Ukrainian: зачаро́ваний (začaróvanyj)