Overview of verb spellbind

The verb spellbind has 3 senses

• fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind -- (to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra")


• magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind -- (attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks")


• entrance, spellbind -- (put into a trance)

Overview of adj spellbinding

The adj spellbinding has 1 sense

• hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding -- (attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome")