Meanings
adjectivetrancelike (comparative more trancelike, superlative most trancelike)
comparative more trancelike · superlative most trancelike
- Having the characteristics of a trance.
He’d been so terrified by the look on his father’s face that he gasped, breaking the trancelike moment.
2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 159
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveas if in a trance
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishtrance
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishtrancelike
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Cite this entry
APA
trancelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trancelike
MLA
“trancelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trancelike. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trancelike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trancelike.
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