MESMERIZED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in hypnotized

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verb

past tense of mesmerize

as in fascinated

to hold the attention of as if by a spell discovered that the children were mesmerized by a television show

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Nearly a year after her record-breaking album mesmerized Swifties, the singer has rewarded her loyal fanbase with a deluxe edition, subtitled The Encore. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 25 Sep. 2026 The flavor, though, was so thoroughly tomato, I was mesmerized. — Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Coronated at age 3 after his father’s death, the curious boy king in colorful robes mesmerized world leaders and ruled through regents until assuming full authority at 18. — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Near the start of the year, Lindsay Clancy, the woman at the center of the criminal trial in Massachusetts that has mesmerized many chambers of social media, filed a civil action against eight health-care providers and facilities. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026 He was mesmerized by the whirlpool, enthralled by the cyclops scene, dazzled at Circe’s transfigurative powers. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026 Kristin Chenoweth’s performance as Glinda mesmerized the teen actress, as did entire spectacle. — Dan Kelly august 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 Patti Paniccia remembers standing on the shore of Huntington Beach as a kid, mesmerized by the wave riders. — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 30 July 2026 Life gets busy, but nothing feels more essential than eating together alfresco, mesmerized by the far-off traffic streaming across the bridge as eagles circle overhead. — Melissa Petro, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mesmerized

Adjective

Therapy sessions can be scary, especially the ones that rely on semi-hypnotized journeys into hidden pasts.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 June 2026

Definition of hypnotized

Verb

Oracular methods such as automatism and tarot cards would lead Colquhoun down many paths in her search for knowledge, while the duality of the androgyne fascinated her in her art and writing.

— Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
The world was fascinated by mummies, but that did not lend itself to reverence.

— Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 29, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of fascinated

Adjective

Yeun manages to keep his cool like an interested observer who throws out useful suggestions every now and then.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
In the memo, Demings notes several commissioners were interested in funding UCF – which received TDT for the first time three years ago to build a bigger Roth Tower at the Acrisure Bounce House.

— Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of interested

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My daughter was enchanted by the Balinese rice-on-the-forehead ritual for good fortune that is a part of the arrival, and the front desk staff happily indulged her request to do it again—multiple times a day.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Perhaps too enchanted, as Pitt lost his date on the dance floor that night.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of enchanted

Adjective

The women stare back at her with sullen but intrigued faces.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Preservation in progress On a Tuesday in July, a dozen or so visitors ambled between Fallingwater’s main living room and its terrace, museum-tour headsets dangling from their ears, appearing more intrigued than irritated by the tower of scaffolding and tarps that rose above them.

— The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025

Definition of intrigued

Adjective

Sonia Ben Jaafar, CEO of the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation, told Semafor that private donors from the Gulf want to be more involved in designing development programs rather than simply financing them.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
That gives you a way to stay involved without spending the rest of the meeting next to someone who’s sick.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

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