mesmerizeverb
UK usually mesmerise uk/ˈmez.mə.raɪz/us/ˈmez.mə.raɪz/[ T often passive ] to have someone's attention completely so that they cannot think of anything else:
I was completely mesmerized by the performance.
[ T ] old-fashioned for hypnotize
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Making people excited and interested
- absorbed
- animate
- be sb's bag idiom
- breathe (new) life into sth idiom
- captivate
- capture
- catch
- enthuse
- entrance 1
- intoxicate
- intrigue
- occupy
- pulse
- pump
- pump sb up
- reinvigorate
- swing
- whip sb into sth
- whip sth up
- wow factor
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