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captivated

captivated adjective: rapt; mesmerized. Also the simple past and past participle of captivate.

Adjective

captivated (comparative more captivated, superlative most captivated)

  1. rapt; mesmerized
    Synonyms:
    enamored

Also used as

captivated is also the simple past and past participle of captivate.

Synonyms of captivated

Forms of captivated

comparativemore captivated
superlativemost captivated

Words formed from captivated

Questions about captivated

What does captivated mean?
Captivated means rapt; mesmerized.
What part of speech is captivated?
Captivated is an adjective.

Words near captivated in the dictionary

  1. captiousness
  2. captiousnesses
  3. captivance
  4. captivances
  5. captivate
  6. captivated
  7. captivatedly
  8. captivates
  9. captivatest
  10. captivateth
  11. captivating

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