faszinieren — meaning in English
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English meaning
- captivate verb To take a person or animal prisoner and hold them captive.
- dazzle verb To temporarily blind or confuse someone's vision with an intense light.
- fascinate verb To hold someone's intense interest or attraction.
- intrigue noun A secret plot or scheme, often involving deception.
- mesmerize verb To hold someone's attention so completely that they cannot look away or think about anything else.
Senses
faszinieren is used for these senses in English:
- captivate (figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.
- dazzle (transitive, figuratively) To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.
- fascinate To be irresistibly charming or attractive to.
- intrigue (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
- mesmerize To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism.
captivate — full definition
- verb To take a person or animal prisoner and hold them captive.
- verb To take hold of someone's mind and control it completely.
- verb To attract someone strongly and hold their interest and attention.
dazzle — full definition
- verb To temporarily blind or confuse someone's vision with an intense light.
- verb To impress someone so much with skill, brilliance, or style that they can barely think straight.
- noun Impressive, showy brilliance.
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