Synonyms

enthralled

American

[en-thrawld] / ɛnˈθrɔld /

Rarely inthralled

adjective

captivated or charmed.

When I watched Star Wars for the first time as a child, I was absolutely enthralled and enraptured.
held in slavery or subjection to some person, group, or thing; subjugated.

I am unsettled by a world where entertainment is only given by someone else and you must be enthralled to it.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of enthrall.

Etymology

Origin of enthralled

enthrall ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Isaac was so enthralled by the spirits that he didn’t seem to consider the source of Maggie and Kate’s noticeable anxiety.

From Literature

The fox bounced around the table, equally enthralled.

From Literature

Snow, writes Mr. Dikötter, spent several months at the Communist base, “enthralled by the mythical version Mao offered of himself and his Party.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But he was moved so deeply by what he was reading—so enthralled by the man’s articulation of that nation’s ideals—that he’d devote the rest of his life to studying them both.

From The Wall Street Journal

Adek and I attended the same university, and I found him outside the library, lecturing to a trio of enthralled young ladies about the dangers facing our neighbor Czechoslovakia now that Germany had annexed Austria.

From Literature

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