Definition of Enthrallment

1. Noun. A feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual.

Exact synonyms: Captivation, Enchantment, Fascination
Generic synonyms: Liking
Derivative terms: Captivate, Enchant, Enthrall, Fascinate

Definition of Enthrallment

1. n. The act of enthralling, or state of being enthralled. See Inthrallment.

Definition of Enthrallment

1. Noun. The act of enthralling or the state of being enthralled ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enthrallment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enthrallment

enthetic
enthlasis
enthousiastic
enthousiastically
enthral
enthraldom
enthraled
enthraling
enthrall
enthralldom
enthralled
enthraller
enthrallers
enthralling
enthrallingly
enthrallment (current term)
enthrallments
enthralls
enthralment
enthralments
enthrals
enthrone
enthroned
enthronement
enthronements
enthrones
enthroning
enthronisation
enthronise

Literary usage of Enthrallment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Commentary on the Gospel According to Matthew: For Family Use by Lyman Abbott (1878)
"Every such surrender by the soul is one step toward a complete enthrallment of the soul by evil, though that enthrallment rarely becomes complete in this ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1920)
"... Another Arsène Lupin thriller, with all of the stirring enthrallment (and more) which the readers have found in his marvelous adventures of the past! ..."

3. Social Forces in Modern Literature by Philo Melvin Buck (1913)
"Who does not see that the helplessness of early life puts so many restraints on children that it is barbarous to add to this enthrallment that of our own ..."

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