mesmerized
past simple and past participle ofmesmerize
mesmerize
verb
(UKusuallymesmerise)uk/ˈmez.mə.raɪz/us/ˈmez.mə.raɪz/[Toften passive]
to have someone'sattentioncompletelyso that they cannotthinkof anythingelse:
I wascompletelymesmerized by theperformance.
[T]
old-fashionedforhypnotize
Making people excited and interested
- absorbed
- animate
- besomeone'sbagidiom
- bedazzle
- breathe
- breathe (new) life into sthidiom
- engage
- entrance
- intrigue
- occupy
- overexcite
- overstimulate
- overstimulating
- stretch
- swing
- tantalize
- the Thames
- thrill
- titillate
- transfix
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Examplesofmesmerized
mesmerized
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Is it the fate of all men who hunt the truth to bemesmerizedor fatally wounded by that which they discover?
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The new cinematic technologiesmesmerizedaudiences in ways that the most imaginative showman could never hope to with his primitive animation efforts.
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These were usually filled with iron filings andmesmerizedwater contained in bottles arranged like the spokes of a wheel.
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As he looks toward his towering female monument in the distance, the sculptor appearsmesmerized.
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Linton's authoritative voice, wit, and fast-paced arguments discourage readers from thinking carefully about her logic; instead, they becomemesmerizedby her dazzling verbal displays.
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Social historians, by contrast, aremesmerizedby the dramatic yet universalizing intensity of the slummer caricatures that are embedded in the documentary record.
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To say that these associations are patentable is "genetic exceptionalism" : allowing oneself to be unduly dazzled, nay,mesmerized, by the novelty of biotechnology compared to other technologies.
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But it is important to get the perspective right, and not to bemesmerizedby some subjective impression of steady and accelerating escalation.
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At the same time it is most important that we should not allow ourselves to bemesmerizedby the problems that may arise.
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In recent years we have beenmesmerizedby the size of businesses.
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We are appalled at the ease with which this country is gradually beingmesmerized, deluded and made apathetic to a degree absolutely unbelievable in these islands.
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The simple music coming out of the flute of an unseen shepherd tending to his flock will keep youmesmerized.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Firman is an explosive player that burst past oppositions andmesmerizedwith his footwork and agility, often taking on whole defences on his day.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Alwaysmesmerizedby inner melodies and day-dreaming, on family camping trips he packed his score pad to compose and arrange.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The child is unusuallymesmerizedby columns of ants on the ground and does not hear the calls.
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