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- Dictionarytransfix/transˈfɪks/
verb
- 1. cause (someone) to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment: "he was transfixed by the pain in her face" Similar
- 2. pierce with a sharp implement or weapon: "a field mouse is transfixed by the curved talons of an owl" Similar
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The meaning of TRANSFIX is to hold motionless by or as if by piercing. How to use transfix in a sentence.
to make a person or animal unable to move or stop looking at something because they are so interested, surprised, or frightened: The conference delegates were transfixed by her speech. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making people excited and interested. absorbed.
verb. If you are transfixed by something, it captures all of your interest or attention, so that you are unable to think of anything else or unable to act. We were all transfixed by the images of the war. [be VERB -ed] Synonyms: stun, hold, fascinate, paralyse More Synonyms of transfix.
Definition of transfix verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to make a person or animal unable to move or stop looking at something because they are so interested, surprised, or frightened: The conference delegates were transfixed by her speech. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making people excited and interested. absorbed.
Use the verb transfix when something makes you freeze in fascination or fear. Your belly dancing moves might transfix your dance recital audience.
1. to render motionless, esp with horror or shock. 2. to impale or fix with a sharp weapon or other device. 3. (Medicine) med to cut through (a limb or other organ), as in amputation. [C16: from Latin transfīgere to pierce through, from trans- + fīgere to thrust in] transfixion n.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb transfix. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Definitions of 'transfix'. If you are transfixed by something, it captures all of your interest or attention, so that you are unable to think of anything else or unable to act. [...]
Definition of transfix. as in to stab. to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object transfixed the inanimate butterfly specimens to the collection board. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. stab. pierce. puncture. pick.
