Having your attention fixated as though by a spell.

synonyms: fascinated, hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound.

Roget 457: attentive, mindful, observant, regardful; alive to, awake to; observing etc. v.; alert, open-eyed; intent on, taken up with, occupied with, engaged in; engrossed in, wrapped in, absorbed, rapt, transfixed, riveted, mesmerized, hypnotized; glued to (the TV, the window, a book); breathless; preoccupied etc. (inattentive) 458; watchful etc. (careful) 459; breathless, undistracted, upon the stretch; on the watch etc. (expectant) 507.    steadfast.    [compelling attention] interesting, engrossing, mesmerizing, riveting.    ... show more

Roget 150: unchangeable, immutable; unaltered, unalterable; not to be changed, constant; permanent etc. 141; invariable, undeviating; stable, durable; perennial etc. (diuturnal) 110^†.    fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced; confirmed, valid; fiducial^†; immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted; settled, established etc. v.; vested; incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable.    tethered, anchored, moored, at anchor, on a rock, rock solid, firm as a rock; firmly seated, firmly established etc. v.; deep-rooted, ineradicable; inveterate; obstinate etc. 606.    transfixed, stuck fast, aground, high and dry, stranded.    [movable object rendered unmovable] stuck, jammed; unremovable; quiescent etc. 265; deterioration etc. 659.    indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable^†, incommutable^†, irresoluble^†, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless^†, inextinguishable, irreducible; indissoluble, indissolvable^†; indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous^†; insusceptible, insusceptible of change.    ... show more