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enthralled

enthralled \enthralled\ adj.

  1. held in slavery.

    Syn: bond, enslaved, in bondage.

  2. filled with wonder and delight.

    Syn: beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, entranced.

Wiktionary
enthralled
  1. Extremely happy or excited v

  2. (en-past of: enthrall)

WordNet
enthralled
  1. adj. held in slavery; "born of enslaved parents" [syn: bond, enslaved, in bondage]

  2. filled with wonder and delight [syn: beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, entranced]

enthral
  1. v. hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, delight] [ant: disenchant]

  2. [also: enthralling, enthralled]

enthralled

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Usage examples of "enthralled".

Yesterday she had been enthralled, humbled, and excited to be part of a tradition that was as old as Western civilization.

Catlin's tone was matter-of-fact again, holding none of the complex emotions that had enthralled her and made her forget where she was and who he was.

The contrast between the flame and the blue midnight of his irises enthralled her, as did the straight, black length of his eyelashes and the pronounced arch of his eyebrows.

Yet she could do nothing about it, for a net of wild, glittering lightning held her enthralled and shivering between her lover’s hands.

He had been enthralled by the Book of the Learned since he was nine and had seen his first leaf in a col­lection of old books and family papers his great-aunt had showed him.

She wondered if it had been like that for her grandmother, if she somehow had been enthralled by the past, unable to move, caught by lives she had never lived yet knew too well to deny.

Under other circumstances she would have been intrigued by most of the paintings and enthralled by a few.

With his violently muttered words echoing in her ears she gave herself up to this overwhelming possession and even though her mind protested her senses were too enthralled by the delights he offered to let her argue with his blindly possessive instinct.

Victoria would have been as enthralled as Celia if it hadn't been for his eyes.

Emma rolled her head to the side, and the sight of the girl locked in another man's arms shattered the strange sensuality that had enthralled her.

When the package came, she gave it to Joe and watched his eyes take on that fiercely intent, enthralled look he got whenever he thought of flying.

She knew she wasn't even close to voluptuous, but he seemed enthralled with her body.

But never had he felt more enthralled than he was right now, sitting beside Evie on a weathered old dock, with a blazing afternoon sun, almost brutal in its clarity, bathing everything in pure light.

Faith wasn’t that enthralled with cooking herself, but she liked the room.

When her time was close, she writhed on the twisted bed of clothing, and he watched enthralled as her torso flushed and her nipples tightened.