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to make a person or animal unable to move or stop looking at something because they are so interested, surprised, or frightened: The conference delegates were transfixed by her speech. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making people excited and interested. absorbed. animate. arouse someone's curiosity. be someone's bag idiom. bedazzle.
1. : to hold motionless by or as if by piercing. he stood transfixed by her gaze. 2. : to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon : impale. transfixion. tran (t)s-ˈfik-shən. noun. Synonyms. gore. harpoon. impale. jab. lance. peck. pick. pierce. pink. puncture. run through. skewer. spear. spike. spit. stab. stick.
verb. If you are transfixed by something, it captures all of your interest or attention, so that you are unable to think of anything else or unable to act. We were all transfixed by the images of the war. [be VERB -ed] Synonyms: stun, hold, fascinate, paralyse More Synonyms of transfix.
to make a person or animal unable to move or stop looking at something because they are so interested, surprised, or frightened: The conference delegates were transfixed by her speech. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making people excited and interested. absorbed.
Transfix definition: to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.. See examples of TRANSFIX used in a sentence.
to make a person or animal unable to move or stop looking at something because they are so interested, surprised, or frightened: The conference delegates were transfixed by her speech. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making people excited and interested. absorbed.
Other forms: transfixed; transfixing; transfixes; transfixt. Use the verb transfix when something makes you freeze in fascination or fear. Your belly dancing moves might transfix your dance recital audience.
1. to render motionless, esp with horror or shock. 2. to impale or fix with a sharp weapon or other device. 3. (Medicine) med to cut through (a limb or other organ), as in amputation. [C16: from Latin transfīgere to pierce through, from trans- + fīgere to thrust in] transfixion n.
Definition of transfix verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to render motionless, esp with horror or shock. 2. to impale or fix with a sharp weapon or other device. 3. (Medicine) med to cut through (a limb or other organ), as in amputation. [C16: from Latin transfīgere to pierce through, from trans- + fīgere to thrust in] transfixion n.
