Mesmerize
verb
To attract or hold the interest and attention of someone completely.
The magician's tricks mesmerized the crowd.
Often appears as...
- mesmerize someone
- be mesmerized
verb
To hypnotize someone.
The psychologist mesmerized the patient to help them recall past events.
Often appears as...
- mesmerize into
- mesmerize by
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To attract or hold the interest and attention of someone completely.
The magician's tricks mesmerized the crowd.
Often appears as...
- mesmerize someone
- be mesmerized
verb
To hypnotize someone.
The psychologist mesmerized the patient to help them recall past events.
Often appears as...
- mesmerize into
- mesmerize by
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Total Enchantment
Use 'mesmerize' when something fully captures all of your attention, usually in a delightful way.
The dancer's graceful movements mesmerized the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Visual
'Mesmerize' can refer to any experience, not just what you see, that deeply fascinates you.
Her voice mesmerized me; I forgot everything else.
Pro Tip 3/3Unconscious Influence
Sometimes 'mesmerize' implies that you're so absorbed, you're not conscious of anything else.
The children were mesmerized by the puppet show and didn't even hear the phone ring.
Pro Tip 1/3Total Enchantment
Use 'mesmerize' when something fully captures all of your attention, usually in a delightful way.
The dancer's graceful movements mesmerized the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Visual
'Mesmerize' can refer to any experience, not just what you see, that deeply fascinates you.
Her voice mesmerized me; I forgot everything else.
Pro Tip 3/3Unconscious Influence
Sometimes 'mesmerize' implies that you're so absorbed, you're not conscious of anything else.
The children were mesmerized by the puppet show and didn't even hear the phone ring.
Pro Tip 1/3Total Enchantment
Use 'mesmerize' when something fully captures all of your attention, usually in a delightful way.
The dancer's graceful movements mesmerized the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Visual
'Mesmerize' can refer to any experience, not just what you see, that deeply fascinates you.
Her voice mesmerized me; I forgot everything else.
Pro Tip 3/3Unconscious Influence
Sometimes 'mesmerize' implies that you're so absorbed, you're not conscious of anything else.
The children were mesmerized by the puppet show and didn't even hear the phone ring.
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Frida Kahlo: The woman...
Over the course of her life, she would establish herself as the creator and muse behind extraordinary art. Though you may have met Kahlo's gaze before, her work provides an opportunity to see the world through her eyes. She painted friends and family, still lives and spiritual scenes; but it was her mesmerizing self-portraits
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How to design a library...
And the best thing of all was meeting these librarians who kind of were running these, took possession of these places like their private stage upon which they were invited to mesmerize their students and bring the books to life, and it was just this really exciting experience
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What the sugar coating...
And that's important, because our immune system needs to leave the good cells alone. Otherwise, we'd have autoimmune diseases. But once in a while, cancers get the ability to express these new sugars. And now that we understand how those sugars mesmerize the immune system,
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A smog vacuum cleaner...
And others were mesmerized. Can we make floating cities? Can we generate electricity from the change in tides? So I think it's so important to make experiences -- collective experiences -- where people feel connected with a vision, with a future
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How math saved my life PIPE...
patterns as things moved and I was absolutely entranced and mesmerised by the fact that this must be how our brain constructs a moving image just like a video camera with individual discrete pictures helped excuse me having a brain
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Carsten Peter: Inside...
So it was absolutely mesmerizing. So I knew that would be my home for the next week and I was really happy to finally be so close to the volcanism and we observed this kind of miniature plate tectonics in the lake,
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New Zealand's Stunning...
There had to be like thirty dolphins and it was mesmerizing. I must have yelped a dozen times, cause every time they came up it was like a squeal of delight. I’ve never been that close with wildlife.
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The dawn of the age of...
using computers that were less powerful than the phones in your pockets. Six hundred million humans watched them on grainy, black-and-white televisions. And the world? The world was mesmerized.
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Diving with Hammerhead...
these volcanic spires and was mesmerised one final time by the pristine wonder of Coco's and it's helped the abundance of life
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Ireland’s Underwater...
I'm mesmerized by storms drawn to the edge of one world bathe in the rugged
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Frida Kahlo: The woman...
Over the course of her life, she would establish herself as the creator and muse behind extraordinary art. Though you may have met Kahlo's gaze before, her work provides an opportunity to see the world through her eyes. She painted friends and family, still lives and spiritual scenes; but it was her mesmerizing self-portraits
Video examples
How to design a library...
And the best thing of all was meeting these librarians who kind of were running these, took possession of these places like their private stage upon which they were invited to mesmerize their students and bring the books to life, and it was just this really exciting experience
Video examples
What the sugar coating...
And that's important, because our immune system needs to leave the good cells alone. Otherwise, we'd have autoimmune diseases. But once in a while, cancers get the ability to express these new sugars. And now that we understand how those sugars mesmerize the immune system,
Video examples
A smog vacuum cleaner...
And others were mesmerized. Can we make floating cities? Can we generate electricity from the change in tides? So I think it's so important to make experiences -- collective experiences -- where people feel connected with a vision, with a future
Video examples
How math saved my life PIPE...
patterns as things moved and I was absolutely entranced and mesmerised by the fact that this must be how our brain constructs a moving image just like a video camera with individual discrete pictures helped excuse me having a brain
Video examples
Carsten Peter: Inside...
So it was absolutely mesmerizing. So I knew that would be my home for the next week and I was really happy to finally be so close to the volcanism and we observed this kind of miniature plate tectonics in the lake,
Video examples
New Zealand's Stunning...
There had to be like thirty dolphins and it was mesmerizing. I must have yelped a dozen times, cause every time they came up it was like a squeal of delight. I’ve never been that close with wildlife.
Video examples
The dawn of the age of...
using computers that were less powerful than the phones in your pockets. Six hundred million humans watched them on grainy, black-and-white televisions. And the world? The world was mesmerized.
Video examples
Diving with Hammerhead...
these volcanic spires and was mesmerised one final time by the pristine wonder of Coco's and it's helped the abundance of life
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Ireland’s Underwater...
I'm mesmerized by storms drawn to the edge of one world bathe in the rugged
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Walter Mercado
Puerto Rican Celebrity
I want to mesmerize people. I study dancing, so I use my hands. The people love all that kind of stupid things. So I used the stupid things to teach, to help, to serve, to give a beautiful message of love and peace.
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Jackie DeShannon
American Musician
And I just remember, you know, breaking into tears and feeling so empty because, as long as Elvis was in the world, you always knew something was going and he always had something that kept everybody mesmerized.
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Walter Murch
American Editor
I was greatly influenced by musique concrete when I was, like, 10. I was completely mesmerized by the idea that you could make music out of sounds. So that's been a constant influence on all my work.
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Emma Rigby
English Actress
My mum took me to the ballet at three, and that was the only time I sat still, with jaw open, mesmerised. She brought me home, and I wouldn't stop dancing.
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Edward Hirsch
American Poet
Poems mesmerized me, and I felt better when I was writing them, or trying to - more in touch with something deep and dark within myself.
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Barbara Delinsky
American Writer
In plotting a book, my goal is to raise the stakes for the characters and, in so doing, keep the reader mesmerized.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
I've been to the Vatican more than anyplace else outside this country in the world. I am mesmerized by it.
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Adam Curtis
British Director
Tyler Kent himself is weird and mesmerising - but still unrepentantly anti-Semitic.
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Sean Hepburn Ferrer
I remember being mesmerized by 'Love in the Afternoon,' with Gary Cooper.
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Fredrick Brennan
I was mesmerized. 4chan was nothing like anything I'd ever seen.
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Walter Mercado
Puerto Rican Celebrity
I want to mesmerize people. I study dancing, so I use my hands. The people love all that kind of stupid things. So I used the stupid things to teach, to help, to serve, to give a beautiful message of love and peace.
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Jackie DeShannon
American Musician
And I just remember, you know, breaking into tears and feeling so empty because, as long as Elvis was in the world, you always knew something was going and he always had something that kept everybody mesmerized.
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Walter Murch
American Editor
I was greatly influenced by musique concrete when I was, like, 10. I was completely mesmerized by the idea that you could make music out of sounds. So that's been a constant influence on all my work.
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Emma Rigby
English Actress
My mum took me to the ballet at three, and that was the only time I sat still, with jaw open, mesmerised. She brought me home, and I wouldn't stop dancing.
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Edward Hirsch
American Poet
Poems mesmerized me, and I felt better when I was writing them, or trying to - more in touch with something deep and dark within myself.
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Barbara Delinsky
American Writer
In plotting a book, my goal is to raise the stakes for the characters and, in so doing, keep the reader mesmerized.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
I've been to the Vatican more than anyplace else outside this country in the world. I am mesmerized by it.
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Adam Curtis
British Director
Tyler Kent himself is weird and mesmerising - but still unrepentantly anti-Semitic.
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Sean Hepburn Ferrer
I remember being mesmerized by 'Love in the Afternoon,' with Gary Cooper.
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Fredrick Brennan
I was mesmerized. 4chan was nothing like anything I'd ever seen.
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