enthralled
English
Adjective
enthralled (comparative more enthralled, superlative most enthralled)
- 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 606515358, [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.
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Translations
Fascinated; captivated
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Verb
enthralled
- simple past tense and past participle of enthrall