transfixing
present participle oftransfix
transfix
verb[T]
literaryuk/trænsˈfɪks/us/trænsˈfɪks/transfixverb[T](UNABLE TO MOVE)
to make apersonoranimalunabletomoveorstoplookingat something because they are sointerested,surprised, orfrightened:
Theconferencedelegateswere transfixed by herspeech.
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
transfixverb[T](POINTED OBJECT)
topushalong,pointedobjectthrough someone or something:
Abodylayin thecorner, transfixed by aspear.
Cutting and stabbing
- abrasion
- bayonet
- butcher
- carve
- carving
- chisel
- chop
- impaler
- incise
- julienne
- lacerate
- lacerated
- shave
- shear
- shearing
- sheep shearing
- slash
- sliced
- slit
- snip
Examplesoftransfixing
transfixing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Music circulates through this static visual field, enveloping andtransfixingthe figure of the singer.
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For the sake of clarity and to help the courts, we needed to make it clear that in this case impaling meanttransfixing.
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Her speech can perhaps best be described as entrancing—not in the sense that it wastransfixing, but more that it was numbing.
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Even so, plumbatae were much lighter than pila, and would not have had the armour penetration or shieldtransfixingcapabilities of their earlier counterparts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The energy of the kla is fierce, wrathful, piercing, affixing,transfixing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Goodman went on to call the show's visuals a combination of staggering beauty the directors make use of numerous wide-angle landscape portraits andtransfixingweirdness.
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