spellbinding

Meanings

Verb

• to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
• attract strongly, as if with a magnet
• put into a trance

Adjective Satellite

• attracting and holding interest as if by a spell
  • "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"

Adj

• Engrossing; fascinating; gaining rapt attention; captivating.
• Having the power to bind magically through the agency of a spell.

Synonyms

bewitch, entrance, fascinate, grip, hypnotic, magnetise, magnetize, mesmeric, mesmerise, mesmerize, mesmerizing, spellbind, transfix