"spellbound" meaning in English

See spellbound in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spellbound.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-spellbound.wav [US] Forms: more spellbound [comparative], most spellbound [superlative]
Etymology: spell + bound Etymology templates: {{compound|en|spell|bound}} spell + bound Head templates: {{en-adj}} spellbound (comparative more spellbound, superlative most spellbound)
  1. Fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell. Related terms: spellbind Translations (fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell): омагьосан (omagjosan) (Bulgarian), запленен (zaplenen) (Bulgarian), embadalit (Catalan), okouzlený (Czech), očarovaný (Czech), uhranutý (Czech), fascinovaný (Czech), trøllabundin (Faroese), lumoutunut (Finnish), haltioitunut (Finnish), envoûté (French), fasciné (French), gebannt (German), bezaubert (German), affascinato (Italian), incantato (Italian), ammaliato (Italian), trasognato (Italian), trollbundet (Norwegian), oczarowany (Polish), zafascynowany (Polish), encantado (Portuguese), fascinado (Portuguese), очаро́ванный (očaróvannyj) (Russian), зачаро́ванный (začaróvannyj) (Russian), заворо́женный (zavoróžennyj) (Russian), opčinjenost (Serbo-Croatian), fasciniranost (Serbo-Croatian), pircantatu (Sicilian), embobado (Spanish), trollbunden (Swedish), nabighani (Tagalog), зачаро́ваний (začaróvanyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-spellbound-en-adj-kdQbJiq8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes

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          "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
          "word": "gebannt"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
          "word": "bezaubert"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
          "word": "incantato"
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      "word": "омагьосан"
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      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "запленен"
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      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "embadalit"
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      "word": "okouzlený"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "očarovaný"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
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      "lang": "Czech",
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      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "trøllabundin"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "lumoutunut"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "haltioitunut"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "envoûté"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "fasciné"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "gebannt"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "bezaubert"
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      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "affascinato"
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      "word": "incantato"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "ammaliato"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "trasognato"
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      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "trollbundet"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "oczarowany"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "zafascynowany"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
      "word": "encantado"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
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      "word": "nabighani"
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