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transfixed

transfixed adjective: rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized. Also the simple past and past participle of transfix.

Adjective

transfixed (comparative more transfixed, superlative most transfixed)

  1. Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized.

Also used as

transfixed is also the simple past and past participle of transfix.

Synonyms of transfixed

Forms of transfixed

comparativemore transfixed
superlativemost transfixed

Words formed from transfixed

Questions about transfixed

What does transfixed mean?
Transfixed means rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized.
What part of speech is transfixed?
Transfixed is an adjective.

Words near transfixed in the dictionary

  1. transfinity
  2. transfix
  3. transfixable
  4. transfixation
  5. transfixations
  6. transfixed
  7. transfixer
  8. transfixers
  9. transfixes
  10. transfixeth
  11. transfixing

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