- hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding - attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
Antonym: unattractive (indirect, via attractive)
- magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind - attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"
--1 is one way to charm, influence, tempt
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise - induce hypnosis in
--2 is one way to sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun Mesmer1
Sam cannot mesmerize Sue