captivated
A person who's captivated is entranced or absorbed by something. A captivated child might stare with wonder at a tiny ladybug for many long minutes.
Use the adjective captivated to describe someone who is utterly charmed by something. A captivated student is enthralled by her teacher's history lesson, and a captivated audience is involved in every word spoken on stage during a play. The word is rooted in the Late Latin captivare, "to take or capture," which in turn comes from capere, "to seize." When something seizes your attention, you are captivated.
Vocabulary lists containing captivated
Eleven-year-old Louisa doesn't love change but explores new ways of looking at life when she visits her grandparents' farm on Deer Island and meets a boy named George.
Inspired by the childhood of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, this novel explores moments in the life of a young dreamer named Neftalí.
During the Revolutionary War, a twelve-year-old girl works as a spy and identifies a traitor to the American cause.
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