Dictionary Definition
entranced adj : filled with wonder and delight
[syn: beguiled,
captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ɛnˈtrɑːnst/
Adjective
- Held at attention, as if by magic.
Quotations
- 1956 — Arthur C.
Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 37
- The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake.
Synonyms
Translations
held at attention, as if by magic
- Finnish: haltioitunut, lumoutunut
Verb form
entranced- past of entrance
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
agape,
aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, astonished, astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, bursting with
happiness, captivated, carried away,
castle-building, charmed, confounded, daydreaming, daydreamy, dreamful, dreaming, dreamlike, dreamy, dreamy-eyed,
dreamy-souled, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, ecstatic, elate, elated, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthralled, exalted, exultant, fascinated, flabbergasted, flushed, freaked out, gaping, gauping, gazing, high, hypnotized, imparadised, in a trance, in
awe, in awe of, in ecstasies, in heaven, in paradise, in raptures,
in seventh heaven, jubilant, lost in wonder,
marveling, mesmerized, on cloud nine,
open-eyed, openmouthed, overjoyed, overjoyful, overwhelmed, pipe-dreaming,
popeyed, possessed, puzzled, rapt, rapt in wonder, raptured, rapturous, ravished, rhapsodic, sent, spellbound, spelled, staggered, staring, stupefied, surprised, thunderstruck, tranced, transported, under a charm,
wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering