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/ˈspɛlˌbaʊnd/ · adjective
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.
The story left the children spellbound.
Use spellbound when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Spellbound means Under the influence of a magical spell; enchanted, bewitched, or supernaturally constrained..
Common synonyms include ensorcelled, forspoken, under a spell, bespelled.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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