| Main Entry: | fascinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate, hold spellbound |
Synonyms: |
absorb, allure, animate, arouse, attach, attract, beguile, bewitch, charm, compel, delight, draw, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, enthrall, entice, entrance, excite, fire, gladden, hypnotize, infatuate, interest, intoxicate, intrigue, invite, kindle, lure, mesmerize, overpower, overwhelm, pique, please, provoke, ravish, rivet, seduce, spellbind, stimulate, stir, subdue, tantalize, tempt, thrill, titillate, transfix, transport, win |
Antonyms: |
bore, disenchant, disenthrall, disinterest, repel, tire |
| Main Entry: | impale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stab |
Synonyms: |
lance, perforate, pierce, prick, punch, puncture, run through, skewer, skiver, spear, spike, stick, transfix |
| Main Entry: | paralyze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | immobilize |
Synonyms: |
anesthetize, appall, arrest, astound, bemuse, benumb, bring to grinding halt, close, daunt, daze, deaden, debilitate, demolish, destroy, disable, disarm, enfeeble, freeze, halt, incapacitate, knock out, lame, make inert, make nerveless, nonplus, numb, palsy, petrify, prostrate, shut down, stop dead, stun, stupefy, transfix, weaken |
Antonyms: |
incite, mobilize, stimulate |
| Main Entry: | petrify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten |
Synonyms: |
alarm, amaze, appall, astonish, astound, benumb, chill, confound, daze, dismay, dumbfound, horrify, immobilize, numb, paralyze, put chill on, scare, scare silly, scare stiff, spook, startle, stun, stupefy, terrify, transfix |
Antonyms: |
calm, comfort, please, soothe |
| Main Entry: | pierce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, penetrate |
Synonyms: |
bore, break, break in, break through, cleave, crack, crack open, drill, enter, gash, incise, intrude, pass through, perforate, plow, prick, probe, puncture, run through, slash, slice, slit, spike, stab, stick into, transfix |
Antonyms: |
sew up |
| Main Entry: | spike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pierce |
Synonyms: |
fasten, impale, lance, make fast, nail, pin, prick, skewer, spear, spit, stick, transfix |
| Main Entry: | stab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | puncture, pierce with sharp, pointed object |
Synonyms: |
bayonet, brand, carve, chop, cleave, clip, cut, drive, gore, hit, hurt, injure, jab, jag, knife, open up, penetrate, pierce, plow, plunge, prick, prong, punch, ram, run through, saber, shank, sink, slice, spear, stick, thrust, transfix, wound |
| Main Entry: | stick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | poke with pointed object |
Synonyms: |
dig, drive, gore, impale, insert, jab, penetrate, pierce, pin, plunge, prod, puncture, ram, run, sink, spear, stab, thrust, transfix |
| Main Entry: | thrust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push hard |
Synonyms: |
advance, assail, assault, attack, bear down, boost, buck, butt, chuck, chunk, clip, clout, crowd, cut, dig, drive, elbow, embed, fire, force, heave, hump, impale, impel, interject, jab, jam, jostle, lob, lunge, nick, nudge, peg, pierce, pitch, plunge, poke, pour it on, press, prod, propel, punch, push forward, put, railroad, ram, run, shove, sink, sling, smack, stab*, stick, toss, transfix, urge, wham |
Antonyms: |
pull |
| Main Entry: | transfix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold one's attention |
Synonyms: |
bewitch, captivate, enchant, engross, fascinate, hold, hypnotize, mesmerize, palsy, paralyze, petrify, rivet, root, spellbind, stop in one's tracks, stop one dead, stun |
Antonyms: |
bore, look away |