transfix

Speech parts

1. transfix - Noun

2. transfix - Verb

Meaning

To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

spike grip fascinate impale empale spellbind gore pierce rivet lance mesmerize interest hold knife punch

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Antonyms

labour bore distress grasp dig discourage

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Hypernyms

pierce interest thrust

Hyponyms

pin spear

Derivatives

transfixed transfixing transfixt

Examples

Let us transfix this momentary eternity which encloses everything, past and future, but without losing in the immobility of language any of its gigantic erotic whirling. Nikos Kazantzakis

impale a shrimp on a skewer Source: Internet

The snake charmer fascinates the cobra Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

transfinite recursion transfinitely transfinity transfixable transfixation transfixed