View synonyms for

mesmerized

especially British, ��·��·��

[mez-muh-rahyzd, mes]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

in a hypnotic or trancelike state; hypnotized.
“I could create the odor of any kind of fruit and make a mesmerized person taste and smell it,” wrote 19th-century psychic Phineas Quimby.
having the attention completely absorbed; fascinated, captivated, or spellbound.
At our first annual poetry slam, 28 students wielded their verbal prowess in front of a mesmerized audience of over 300.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of mesmerize.

Discover More

Other Word Forms

unmesmerized adjective

Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of mesmerized¹

First recorded in 1825–35; mesmerize ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; mesmerize ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Hernandez herself is just as coy, slipping in enough truth to snare the viewer and keep them mesmerized against a chilly, bare synth score.

From

As warm spring weather and effusions of greenery spread across our disordered continent, Americans are understandably mesmerized by the widening chaos, unresolved conflict and bottomless corruption of Donald Trump’s second presidency.

From

When he arrived, Cummings said, he was mesmerized at seeing a full moon for the first time since 1983.

From

As Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Jacob deGrom traded zeroes at Globe Life Field in Texas last week, Kershaw sat in the dugout, mesmerized by what he could only describe as an exhibition in pitching excellence.

From

When I got to “Last Tango,” it was later, but it mesmerized me because of what they were doing.

From

Related Words

absorbed��
aroused��
delighted��
enamored��
enchanted��
enthralled��
excited��
intoxicated��
thrilled��

mesmerize mesmerizing

Browse