Definitions for spellbound

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spellbound spell·bound

Spelling: [spel-bound]

IPA: /ˈspɛlˌbaʊnd/

Spellbound is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 555 anagrams from letters in spellbound (bdellnopsu).

Definitions for spellbound

adjective

1. bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated:

verb (used with object)

1. to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.

Origin of spellbound

First recorded in 1790-1800; spell² + -bound¹

Examples for spellbound

He came at David O. Selznick's urging, and together they made Rebecca, spellbound, and The Paradine Case.

At the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Justice Richard Lussick read the verdict to about 80 spellbound listeners.

The boys were spellbound by the intense language of the strange man.

The realization and quick understanding held him spellbound.

Our breath came back, and the spellbound silence was broken.

And then her eyes were caught by something that held her spellbound with horror.

The audience was spellbound to hear panelist Zin Mar Aung give her dramatic, firsthand account of life behind bars in Burma.

Eleven years ago, New Yorkers were spellbound by the sight of the burning towers.

spellbound Jacques gazed upon the scene of awful destruction.

There was something in that sweet old face that kept them spellbound.