entranced

[ en-transt ]

adjective

1. filled with delight or wonder; enraptured; captivated:

   The two last songs soulfully bring the album to a lilting climax, leaving the entranced listener clamoring for more.

2. put into a trance; hypnotized:

   She honestly believes she spoke to her dead mother with the help of an entranced medium.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of entrance ².

Other Words From

• un·en·tranced adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of entranced¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; entrance ² + -ed ² for the adjective senses; entrance ² + -ed ¹ for the verb sense

Example Sentences

But the conviction of SBF and the death of FTX—and the subsequent clawing back of donations powered by stolen funds—sobered up a political class entranced by tales of “effective altruism.”

From Slate

In a loud stadium, on a crowded sideline, Lynn walked as if totally alone, talking to no one, entranced in a silent, steely focus.

From Los Angeles Times

Or were these fans simply too entranced by the beat, unable to break concentration, their senses dulled under the influence of ecstasy or weed or fruit-flavored liquor?

From Salon

Mammary and chest tissues were one of those places where fat packed on, a happenstance of physiological changes—setting us up to variously be entranced, upset by, and otherwise feel conflicted about breasts through history.

From Slate

India was entranced by movies from childhood — she recalls watching dailies with her dad, trying to detect slight differences from shot to shot — but thought of that work as beyond her.

From Los Angeles Times

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