The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mesmerize \Mes"mer*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mesmerized; p. pr. & vb. n. Mesmerizing.] [Also spelled mesmerise.]
To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep; to hypnotize.
To produce an intense fascination in; to spellbind.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of mesmerize English)
WordNet
adj. 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" [syn: hypnotic, mesmeric, spellbinding]
Usage examples of "mesmerizing".
Savannah had a strange, mesmerizing effect on men, as if the memory of her haunted them for eternity.
His voice lowered an octave, became warm honey, compelling, hypnotic, so mesmerizing it was impossible to fight.
The air in the room was thick with the scent of herbs, invading her senses, his voice mesmerizing her.
It was wrapped up in his mesmerizing voice, but it was an order all the same.
It was an order delivered in that same mesmerizing voice from the storehouse.
Those who were extremely intelligent, who seemed to be mesmerizing, who were always secretive about their lives and activities.
He was imperious now, a flat order delivered in his mesmerizing voice.
Each word was pure and musical, sifting through the air to reach any and all within hearing and draw them out Each note was mesmerizing, hypnotic, a sorcerer's spell.
Byron turned the full force of his hypnotic voice and his mesmerizing eyes on the captain.
He was far too handsome, his eyes mesmerizing, his mouth sinfully kissable, his jaw strong.
She felt his breath, the soft velvet of his lips, the gentle tug of his teeth as they scraped back and forth in a mesmerizing rhythm over her skin.
She wanted to run like a child and find a place to hide from his mesmerizing eyes and the strange effect he seemed to have on her.
Their eyes met across the room, and immediately she could feel that mesmerizing pull.
She found it difficult to think with his black eyes mesmerizing her and his touch scattering her senses.
He bent his dark head toward hers, slowly, relentlessly, his black gaze mesmerizing her so she couldn't breathe.