Synonyms for captivated
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1. captivated

   Synonyms:
   taken, charmed, smitten, fascinated, enslaved, captured, enthralled

   Antonyms:
   free, unaffected, uninfluenced, unscathed, insensible, insensitive

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1. captivated, charmedadjective

   strongly attracted

   Synonyms:
   charmed, enthralled, delighted, entranced, beguiled

   Antonyms:
   unloving, disenchanted

2. beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entrancedadjective

   filled with wonder and delight

   Synonyms:
   charmed, enthralled, delighted, beguiled, entranced

   Antonyms:
   disenchanted, unloving

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1. List of paraphrases for "captivated":

   fascinated, enthralled, captured

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1. Elizabeth Smart:

   Elizabeth Smart was held captive by Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, for nine months, and the case captivated the nation just months after the 2002 Winter Olympics took place in Salt Lake City. Elizabeth Smart was raped, tethered to trees by steel cables and left without food and water for days at a time. Elizabeth Smart recalled what Elizabeth Smart said to Brian David Mitchell on the night Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped. There finally came a point where I remember stopping Brian David Mitchell and just saying, ‘ If you're just going to rape and kill me, please do it here,' because in my mind I was thinking I want my parents to know what happened to me, I wanted them to find me even if it was just my body, brian David Mitchell had this smile and it was just, it was bone chilling … Brian David Mitchell said, ‘ I'm not going to rape and murder you. Yet,' Elizabeth Smart added. Wanda Barzee was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2010, and Brian David Mitchell is serving two life terms. Elizabeth Smart will talk about how Elizabeth Smart moved past the harrowing incident 15 years later, according to E ! News. The special will air on Nov. 12 and 13 before the Lifetime original movie.

2. George Eliot:

   It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

3. Christine Pride:

   Like so many others, I was completely captivated by Bana's tweets from Syria, which were harrowing and heartbreaking and put a human face to this terrible quagmire.

4. Christen Kuikoua:

   Lust is perplexing; in one moment, you crave everything, and in the next, you question why you desired what captivated you just a minute before.

5. Louise Ellman:

   Everyone in Liverpool is a firm fan of the Beatles and captivated by their story and how they started off as local boys messing around with guitars and music, and became international idols.