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ENTHRALL
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Irregular inflected forms: enthralled , enthralling
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they enthrall ... he / she / it enthralls
Past simple: enthralled
-ing form: enthralling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
delight; enchant; enrapture; enthral; enthrall; ravish; transport
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "enthrall" is one way to...):
delight; please (give pleasure to or be pleasing to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The good news will enthrall her
The performance is likely to enthrall Sue
Derivation:
enthrallment (a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual)