MESMERIZING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mesmerizing mean? 

• MESMERIZING (adjective)
  The adjective MESMERIZING has 1 sense:

1. attracting and holding interest as if by a spell

  Familiarity information: MESMERIZING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESMERIZING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell

Synonyms:

hypnotic; mesmeric; mesmerizing; spellbinding

Context example:

a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome

Similar:

attractive (pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm)

 Context examples 

The actual meteors are usually no bigger than a grain of sand, but when they hit the Earth’s atmosphere traveling at speeds upwards of 60 kilometers per second, they burn up in a mesmerizing color show of white, orange and green hues.

(Perseid Meteor Shower Provides Opening Act for Solar Eclipse, VOA News)