Definition of enthrall in English:

transitive verbenthralls, enthralling, enthralled

• 1Capture the fascinated attention of.

  ‘she had been so enthralled by the adventure that she had hardly noticed the cold’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Still, she was pretty, and pretty seemed to be enough to enthrall Fabian's attention.’
  • ‘On the way here, she had been enthralled, mesmerised, spellbound by the area.’
  • ‘The story enthrals you from the first page to the last as the plot unravels at a speedy pace.’
  • ‘She practiced religiously, gathered confidence, was enthralled by her new adventure.’
  • ‘He could bring his stories to life and enthralled many with his memories from former times.’
  • ‘Any reader would be enthralled by the story and find themselves rapidly taking it in.’
  • ‘He can enthrall you with a story from his past, and knows the ways of the bush the way city people know the way home from work.’
  • ‘From language tutorial CDs through rhymes and stories that enthral toddlers to CDs providing information on home improvement and interior design, the show screams assortment.’
  • ‘The event promises to enthral the fraternity of adventure freaks, spectators and participants.’
  • ‘It's not bad exposition, and it's enthralling in a ‘listening to the stories of an old school friend you've met at the pub’ kind of way.’
  • ‘There are many stories of caddies that enthral and captivate but one of my favourites concerns the application of suitable nicknames by caddies to their peers.’
  • ‘His conceit and awful orange hair will carry on enthralling a worldwide audience.’
  • ‘Meanwhile, a steady stream of tourists question the participants, and are enthralled and delighted at the aims of the march.’
  • ‘I love it when books engross and enthrall you like that.’
  • ‘Our past is something which intrigues, enthrals and captivates us and if for no other reason, history is important because it is interesting to the vast majority of us.’
  • ‘The result is about as enthralling a story as the life of an English professor can reasonably be.’
  • ‘The older man would suddenly sit down and begin a story that would enthrall you so completely, you had no knowledge of the passing of time.’
  • ‘But the eye is dazzled and enthralled by the super-massive black hole that lives deep within the core of the Milky Way.’
  • ‘Our first reaction is enthralled delight, but then ominous overtones register.’
  • ‘The grand finale brought a beguiled and enthralled audience to their feet for a standing ovation.’

  Synonyms

  captivate, charm, enchant, bewitch, fascinate, beguile, entrance, enrapture, delight, attract, allure, lure

  fascinating, entrancing, enchanting, bewitching, captivating, charming, beguiling, enrapturing

  1. 1.1archaic Enslave.
     Synonyms

     sell into slavery, condemn to slavery, take away someone's human rights, disenfranchise, condemn to servitude