enthralled

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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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , 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.

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enthralled

  1. simple past and past participle of enthrall