Antonyms for captivated
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kap-tuh-veyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæp təˌveɪt |
Definition of captivated
Origin :- 1520s, "to enthrall with charm," from Late Latin captivatus, past participle of captivare "to take, capture," from captivus (see captive). Literal sense (1550s) is rare or obsolete in English, which uses capture (q.v.). Latin captare "to take, hold" also had a transferred sense of "to entice, entrap, allure." Related: Captivated; captivating; captivatingly.
- verb attract, enchant
- He was captivated by her freshness and beauty, her demureness, her ignorance of all things vicious.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He is captivated, we are told, by that little cherub of a babe.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- But by that alone he would not have conquered and captivated the world.
- Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
- Captivated by her grace, Buonaparte was thenceforward her slave.
- Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane
- She did not speak; he was silent, captivated by her silence, as he would have been by her speech.
- Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
- Were the smiles and attention that had so captivated him to be equally shared by them?
- Extract from : « The Flower Basket » by Unknown
- She was pleased to see that he was captivated by her and it did not occur to her that there was anything wrong in it.
- Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
- He smiled with something of the casual brilliancy which had first captivated her imagination.
- Extract from : « Virginia » by Ellen Glasgow
- It is the face that has captivated me, not the girl; she rather snubbed me,—but that face!
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 » by Various
- You are captivated by din and glitter, and therein lies my strength.
- Extract from : « The Humbugs of the World » by P. T. Barnum
Synonyms for captivated
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