spell·bind
spell·bind/ˈspelbīnd/
verb
hold the complete attention of (someone) as though by magic; fascinate.
"the killer whale gave the spellbound audience a good soaking"
synonyms: fascinating, enthralling, entrancing, bewitching, captivating, intriguing, riveting, transfixing, engrossing, gripping, very interesting, very exciting, thrilling, absorbing, compelling, compulsive, mesmerizing, mesmeric, hypnotic, magical, unputdownable, enthralled, fascinated, rapt, riveted, transfixed, gripped, entranced, captivated, bewitched, under someone's spell, enraptured, enchanted, mesmerized, hypnotized, hooked
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The meaning of SPELLBOUND is held by or as if by a spell. How to use spellbound in a sentence.
having your attention completely held by something, so that you cannot think about anything else: At the circus, the children are spellbound ...
To be spellbound is to have your attention captured by something, captured so strongly it feels like witchcraft.
Spellbound definition: bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated. See examples of SPELLBOUND used in a sentence.
Having one's attention held as though one is bound by a spell.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
SPELLBOUND meaning: giving all of your attention and interest to something or someone.
Definition of spellbound as in charmed being or appearing to be under a magic spell spellbound audiences never tire of this annual Christmas favorite.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective spellbound. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
[not usually before noun] with your attention completely held by what you are listening to or watching a storyteller who can hold audiences spellbound.
Fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell. The story left the children spellbound.