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Mesmerizing   /mˈɛzmərˌaɪzɪŋ/   Listen
Mesmerizing

adjective
1.
Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell.  Synonyms: hypnotic, mesmeric, spellbinding.  "She had a warm mesmeric charm" , "The sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing" , "A spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"






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"Mesmerizing" Quotes from Famous Books



... sweet, old-fashioned peace of the garden, the shade under the trees, the songs of the old-fashioned home birds, the scent of the old-fashioned home flowers, and the bright eyes and gentle voice of the prettiest little English girl he had ever seen, had a mesmerizing effect upon him. He wanted Frances; Frances was his one and only love; but he felt no particular desire to hurry on matters, or to force an answer from her until she was ready to ...
— Frances Kane's Fortune • L. T. Meade

... budge. Gentlemen seem to mesmerize houses—cow them with an eye, and up they come, trembling. Ladies can't. It's the houses that are mesmerizing me. I've no control over the saucy ...
— Howards End • E. M. Forster



Words linked to "Mesmerizing" :   attractive, mesmeric



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