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mesmerizing

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mes·mer·ize  (mzm-rz, ms-)
tr.v. mes·mer·ized, mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·iz·es
1. To spellbind; enthrall: "He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence" (Justin Kaplan).
2. To hypnotize.

mesmer·i·zation (-mr--zshn) n.
mesmer·izer n.
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Adj.1.mesmerizing - attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
attractive - pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations"
Translations
mesmerizing [ˈmɛzməraɪzɪŋ] adjensorcelant(e)
She has a mesmerising smile → Elle a un sourire ensorcelant.
mesmerizing
adj effecthypnotisch; rhythm, presence, experiencehypnotisierend; smile, voicefaszinierend


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It was the effect, unquestionably, of the mystic gesticulations by which he had sought to bring bodily before Phoebe's perception the figure of the mesmerizing carpenter.
Anyhow, the man was being mesmerized, for Horne Fisher had collapsed into a chair with his long limbs loose and sprawling and his eyes staring at vacancy; and the other man was mesmerizing him, making sweeping movements with his darkly draped arms as if with black wings.
 
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