# entranced

Pronunciation: US say "en-TRANST" /ɛnˈtɹænst/; UK say "en-TRAHNST" /ɛnˈtɹɑːnst/

## Adjective

1. Held in fixed attention, as though under a magical spell that captures one's focus.
   - Simple: So interested in something that you cannot look away, as if under a magic spell.
   - _The audience remained entranced throughout the long, wordless film._
   - _He stood entranced before the painting, oblivious to the crowd jostling past._
3. Put into a trance, a sleeplike state of reduced awareness and altered consciousness.
   - Simple: Put into a sleep-like state where you are not fully aware of your surroundings.
   - _The deeply entranced patient remained still while the therapist spoke softly._
   - _The drummers played until several dancers fell entranced and swayed with closed eyes._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of entrance. — simple past and past participle of entrance
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of entrance. Use this form when the charming or delighting already happened.
   - _The novelist's vivid descriptions entranced readers for hundreds of pages._
   - _The travelers were entranced by the slow-burning colors of the desert sunset._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "entrance" with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/entranced (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).