enthral
To hold someone's full attention with delight.
enthral in a sentence
- The storyteller enthralled the class, and no one moved a muscle until the very last word.
- The fireworks never fail to enthral the crowd, who gasp at every burst of colour.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to enthral?
- Aannoy
- Bbore
- Ccaptivate
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C: captivate. The other three mean the opposite of enthral.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to enthral?
- Acharm
- Bbore
- Ccaptivate
- Dgrip
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B: bore. The other three mean nearly the same as enthral.
Words that mean something similar
captivate, grip, charm
Words that mean the opposite
bore, annoy
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- evident: Easy to see or understand.
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- fathom: To understand something after thinking about it very hard.
- foresee: To know something will happen before it actually does.
- fundamental: Forming the most important base of something.
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