Meanings
comparative more entranced · superlative most entranced
- Placed in a trance.
There sate a Spirit in the vault, In shape, in hue, in lineaments, like life, And by him couch’d, as if intranced, The hundred-headed Worm that never dies.
1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC - Held at attention, as if by magic.
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.
1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 37
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of entrance
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivefilled with wonder and delight
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek νυμφόληπτος
- νυμφόληπτος (numphólēptos)held at attention, as if by magic
Bulgarian захласнат
- захласнат (zahlasnat)held at attention, as if by magic
Finnish haltioitunut, lumoutunut
- haltioitunutheld at attention, as if by magic
- lumoutunutheld at attention, as if by magic
German bezaubert
- bezaubertheld at attention, as if by magic
Hindi मंत्रमुग्ध
- मंत्रमुग्ध (mantramugdh)held at attention, as if by magic
Spanish en un trance, tranceado
- en un tranceheld at attention, as if by magic
- tranceadoheld at attention, as if by magic
- entranzadoheld at attention, as if by magic
- embelesadoheld at attention, as if by magic
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with entranced
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