ENTHRALLED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enthralled mean? 

• ENTHRALLED (adjective)
  The adjective ENTHRALLED has 1 sense:

1. filled with wonder and delight

  Familiarity information: ENTHRALLED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTHRALLED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Filled with wonder and delight

Synonyms:

beguiled; captivated; charmed; delighted; enthralled; entranced

Similar:

enchanted (influenced as by charms or incantations)

 Context examples 

Holmes had shaken off his temporary ill-humour, and his characteristic talk, with its keen observance of detail and subtle power of inference held me amused and enthralled.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Micawber being now on the eve of casting off the pecuniary shackles that have so long enthralled him, said Mrs. Micawber, and of commencing a new career in a country where there is sufficient range for his abilities,—which, in my opinion, is exceedingly important; Mr. Micawber's abilities peculiarly requiring space,—it seems to me that my family should signalize the occasion by coming forward.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Having described, in general terms, their course from the main river up to the time that they actually reached the base of the cliffs, he enthralled his hearers by his account of the difficulties encountered by the expedition in their repeated attempts to mount them, and finally described how they succeeded in their desperate endeavors, which cost the lives of their two devoted half-breed servants. (This amazing reading of the affair was the result of Summerlee's endeavors to avoid raising any questionable matter at the meeting.)

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was enthralled by the strange story which my companion was whispering into my ear, while all the time his keen eyes were shooting in every direction and his hand grasping his cocked rifle.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)