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being or appearing to be under a magic spell
- spellbound audiences never tire of this annual Christmas favorite
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- fantastic
- (also fantastical),
- miraculous,
- utopian,
- wondrous
spellbound
verb
past tense of spellbind
Synonyms of spellbound (Entry 2 of 2)
to hold the attention of as if by a spell
- the tale about pirates and their buried treasure had completely spellbound the children
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The first known use of spellbound was in 1785
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