transfix
Meaning of transfix
verb
- cause (someone) to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment.
he was transfixed by the pain in her face
she stared at him, transfixed
- pierce with a sharp implement or weapon.
a field mouse is transfixed by the curved talons of an owl
late 16th century (in transfix (sense 2)): from Latin transfix- ‘pierced through’, from the verb transfigere, from trans- ‘across’ + figere ‘fix, fasten’.
Information about transfix
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of transfix is: transfixes.
- Languages in which transfix is used:
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Hyphenation of transfix
trans-fix
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- transfix is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
transfix synonyms
Meaning fascinate:
Meaning impale:
Meaning hypnotize (someone):
Meaning capture the whole attention of (someone); fascinate:
Meaning enchant and delight (someone):
Meaning attract and hold the interest and attention of; charm:
Meaning an opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place:
Meaning capture the fascinated attention of:
Meaning absorb all the attention or interest of:
Meaning give intense pleasure or joy to:
Meaning knock unconscious or into a dazed or semi-conscious state:
Meaning make (someone) unable to think or feel properly:
Meaning shock or greatly surprise:
Meaning make (someone) so frightened that they are unable to move:
Meaning prevent (something or someone) from moving or operating as normal:
Meaning (with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold:
Meaning join or fasten (plates of metal) with a rivet or rivets:
Meaning thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill:
Meaning pierce or strike with a spear or other pointed object:
Meaning (of a sharp pointed object) go into or through (something):
Meaning fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer:
Meaning a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree:
Meaning blood that has been shed, especially as a result of violence:
Meaning attach or fasten with a pin or pins:
Meaning stab (someone) with a bayonet:
Meaning spear with a harpoon:
Meaning prick or cut open (an abscess or boil) with a lancet or other sharp instrument:
Meaning make a puncture in (something):
Meaning pierce and make a hole or holes in:
Meaning pierce through (someone or something):
Translation of transfix
- Italian: incantare, pietrificare, immobilizzare
- Spanish: inmovilizar
Words that rhyme with transfix
No rhymes for transfix found