What is another word for enthralled?

Pronunciation: [ɛnθɹˈɔːld] (IPA)

Enthralled is a word used to describe the feeling of being captivated or absorbed by something. There are several synonyms for this word that can be used to convey the same meaning, such as mesmerized, spellbound, entranced, fascinated, hypnotized, absorbed, engrossed, and captivated. These words all express the intense feeling of being drawn into a particular activity or experience, causing a deep level of interest and attention. Each of these synonyms can be used interchangeably with enthralled, to express the same sentiment of being completely absorbed by something. So, if you are looking for alternative ways to describe being captivated, try using one of these synonyms.

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What are the opposite words for enthralled?

Enthralled means to captivate, enchant or fascinate someone. Antonyms of enthralled can be words like bored, uninterested, disenchanted, disillusioned, disgusted, and apathetic. Bored describes a feeling of not being interested in something or finding it dull. Uninterested means lacking interest or showing no concern. Disenchanted refers to the loss of excitement, belief or fascination. Disillusioned indicates a feeling of disappointment due to unfulfilled expectations. Disgusted describes a strong feeling of aversion or revulsion. Apathetic means the absence of interest or enthusiasm. These antonyms convey the opposite feeling to being passionate, absorbed or intrigued, which is what enthralled signifies.

Usage examples for Enthralled

She was enthralled again by his glance, and never for one moment thought of resisting the appeal it made to her.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr
The idea of paying on a taxi where the meter continued to rise without his presence enthralled him.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
After a pause she goes on: I seem to have read there in Baden-Baden a romance which enthralled my entire being!
"Erlach Court"
Ossip Schubin

Famous quotes with Enthralled

  • As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.
    Bodhidharma
  • Then soon after my delight with Stein was jolted; a political critic of the reddest persuasion condemned Stein in a newspaper article, calling her decadent, implying that she reclined upon a silken couch in Paris smoking hashish day and night and was a hopeless prey to hallucinations. I asked myself if I were wrong or crazy or decadent. Being simple minded, I decided upon a very practical way of determining the worth of the prose of Stein, a prose I had accepted without qualms or distress. I gathered a group of semi-illiterate Negro workers into a Chicago basement and read them aloud. They were enthralled, interrupting me constantly to tell where and when they had met such a strange and melancholy gal. I was convinced and Miss Stein's book never bothered or frightened me after that. If Negro stockyard workers could understand the stuff when it was read aloud to them, then surely anybody else could if they wanted to read with their ears as well as their eyes. For the prose of Stein is but the repetitive contemporaneousness of our living speech woven into a grammarless form of narrative...
    Gertrude Stein
  • Curse on the man who business first designed, And by't enthralled a freeborn lover's mind!
    John Oldham (poet)
  • The Spirit is like new wine, see the disciples all, Like men inebriate, swept away and enthralled By both its heat and strength; thus it remains true still That the disciples had of sweetest wine their fill
    Angelus Silesius
  • “We believe that when this secret is finally unlocked, every member of the Unbroken Spine who ever lived...will live again.” A Messiah, a first disciple, and a rapture. Check, check, and double-check. Penumbra is, right now, teetering right on the boundary between charmingly weird old guy and disturbingly weird old guy. Two things tip the scales toward charm: First, his wry smile, which is not the smile of the disturbed, and micromuscles don’t lie. Second, the look in Kat’s eyes. She’s enthralled. I guess people believe weirder things than this, right? Presidents and popes believe weirder things than this.
    Robin Sloan

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