enthral
verb/ɪnˈθrɔːl/
/ɪnˈθrɔːl/
(British English) (North American English enthrall)
[transitive, often passive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they enthral | /ɪnˈθrɔːl/ /ɪnˈθrɔːl/ |
| (North American English) present simple I / you / we / they enthrall | /ɪnˈθrɔːl/ /ɪnˈθrɔːl/ |
| he / she / it enthrals | /ɪnˈθrɔːlz/ /ɪnˈθrɔːlz/ |
| (North American English) he / she / it enthralls | /ɪnˈθrɔːlz/ /ɪnˈθrɔːlz/ |
| past simple enthralled | /ɪnˈθrɔːld/ /ɪnˈθrɔːld/ |
| past participle enthralled | /ɪnˈθrɔːld/ /ɪnˈθrɔːld/ |
| -ing form enthralling | /ɪnˈθrɔːlɪŋ/ /ɪnˈθrɔːlɪŋ/ |
- if something enthrals you, it is so interesting, beautiful, etc. that you give it all your attention synonym entrance2
- (be) enthralled (by something) The child watched, enthralled by the bright moving images.
- The children listened enthralled as the storyteller unfolded her tale.
- be enthralled with something They were enthralled with the play.
- enthral (somebody) This book will enthral readers of all ages.
- The story never fails to enthral.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases- be enthralled by something
- be enthralled with something
- hold somebody enthralled
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘enslave’; formerly also as inthrall): from en-, in- (as an intensifier) + thrall.Definitions on the go
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