enthralled

English

Adjective

enthralled (comparative more enthralled, superlative most enthralled)

1. Fascinated; captivated.
   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 152, column 2:

     Mine eare is much enamored of thy note; / So is mine eye enthralled to thy ſhape.

   • 2014 August 29, Ruzwana Bashir, “The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim”, in The Guardian‎:

     At 18 I was fortunate enough to receive an offer to study at Oxford University. I was enthralled with the exciting new world around me and tried desperately to fit in.

Derived terms

• unenthralled

Translations

fascinated; captivated

Bulgarian: омаян (omajan), запленен (bg) (zaplenen) Spanish: fascinado (es), cautivado (es), captivado (es) (disused)

Verb

enthralled

1. simple past and past participle of enthrall