mesmerized
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.
the simple past tense and past participle of mesmerize.
Origin of mesmerized
1- Also especially British, mes·mer·ised .
Other words from mesmerized
- un·mes·mer·ized, adjective
Words Nearby mesmerized
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How to use mesmerized in a sentence
Just like Jackson, the impersonators mesmerized their audiences with their performances.
I was actually happy in a way, because she was ready, but I remember just being mesmerized watching it.
‘My First Time’: Josh Duhamel on His First Kiss, First Heartbreak & More | Josh Duhamel | August 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe media are gushing over Bill Clinton after being mesmerized by Michelle Obama.
Watching the video,” Klaidman writes, “Holder was both mesmerized and repulsed.
7 Key Moments in Daniel Klaidman’s ‘Kill or Capture’ About Obama’s Drone War | Matthew DeLuca | June 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI had been mesmerized all my life by her tales of love, war, and escape that played out like a movie before my eyes.
‘Crossing the Borders of Time:’ A Mother’s Rekindled Love | Sandra McElwaine | May 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Davy Lannarck, who had spent his adult life in facing the public, now knew that he had 'em mesmerized.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyBoth men and women were completely absorbed in his story, they seemed to be mesmerized by the earnestness of his manner.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) | VariousWhen a girl she was easily mesmerized and always took everything that was going, diseases and all.
Around Old Bethany | Robert Lee BerryYasmini made her little mistake that minute in believing King was utterly mesmerized at last and utterly in her power.
King--of the Khyber Rifles | Talbot Mundymesmerized subjects do not see the objects or people in the room, or hear any noise whatever except the voice of the operator.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 | Various
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