transfixed
adjective
literaryuk/trænsˈfɪkst/us/trænsˈfɪkst/unabletomoveorstoplookingat something because you are sointerested,surprised, orfrightened:
Rabbits transfixed in theglareofcarheadlightsarecommonvictimson theroads.
Hesattransfixed all through thefilm.
See
transfix
- Theworldhadbecomeutterlytransfixed by therelationshipbetween the twosingers.
- Transfixedeyeswatchedastragedyunfoldedontelevision.
- Thereporterscrowdedtightlyaround her were transfixed.
Immobility
- anti-jamming
- be locked insomething
- boxed in
- budge
- cataleptic
- hold
- immobilization
- immovable
- jam
- jammed
- lifelessly
- lock
- motionless
- rest
- standstill
- static
- stationary
- stock-still
- time stands stillidiom
- unwavering
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Excited, interested and enthusiastic