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spell-bound

spell-bound is the alternative spelling of spellbound.

Meaning of spellbound

Adjective

spellbound (comparative more spellbound, superlative most spellbound)

  1. Under the influence of a magical spell; enchanted, bewitched, or supernaturally constrained.
    • At once he sniffed the smell of man. At once he feared his hidden lair had been looted while he slept. How had a man dared to come so close? He must have trod next to the dragon's head so as not to be spellbound.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41
  2. Fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell; captivated.
    • The story left the children spellbound.

Forms of spell-bound

comparativemore spell-bound
superlativemost spell-bound

Questions about spell-bound

What is spell-bound the alternative spelling of?
Spell-bound is the alternative spelling of spellbound.

Words near spell-bound in the dictionary

  1. spell one's name
  2. spell out
  3. spell someone's name
  4. spell things out
  5. spell work
  6. spell-bound
  7. spell-casting
  8. spell-castings
  9. spell-check
  10. spell-checked
  11. spell-checker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spell-bound (page history and authors); spellbound (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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