MESMERIZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does mesmerize mean?
• MESMERIZE (verb)
The verb MESMERIZE has 2 senses:
1. attract strongly, as if with a magnet
2. induce hypnosis in
Familiarity information: MESMERIZE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MESMERIZE (verb)
Meaning:
Attract strongly, as if with a magnet
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
mesmerize; mesmerise; magnetise; magnetize; bewitch; spellbind
Context example:
She magnetized the audience with her tricks
Hypernyms (to "mesmerize" is one way to...):
charm; influence; tempt (induce into action by using one's charm)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Induce hypnosis in
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
hypnotise; hypnotize; mesmerise; mesmerize
Hypernyms (to "mesmerize" is one way to...):
calm; sedate; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize (cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mesmerize"):
entrance; spellbind (put into a trance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot mesmerize Sue
