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extremely interested in something you are listening to:
▪ 'King Lear' still holds audiences spellbound.

Awestruck: adjective. A feeling greatrespect for the importance, difficulty, or seriousness of someone or something: ▪ She gazed awestruck at the jewels.
Mesmerize: verb. also mesmerise BrE /"mezmëraûz/ [transitive usually inpassive]if you are mesmerized by someone or something, you cannot stop watching them or listening to them because they are so attractive or have such a powerful effect synonym captivate: ▪ The first time I sawDiana I was mesmerized by her beauty.—mesmerizing adjective
Appalled: adjective. Very shocked and upset by something very bad or unpleasant
appalled by
▪ I was appalled by what I saw.
appalledat
▪ He was appalled at how dirty the place was.
▪ When I heard what had happened I was absolutely appalled.

Indictment: noun. 1 be an indictment of something to be a very clear sign that asystem, method etc is very bad or very wrong: ▪ The fact that these children cannot read is a damning indictment of our education system. If you say that one thing is an indictment of another thing, youmean that it shows how bad the other thing is.Rendition: noun. 1 [countable usually singular, uncountable] someone's performance of a play, piece of music etc: ▪ He gave a moving rendition of Lennon's'Imagine'.Portrayal: noun. [uncountable and countable]the way someone or something is described or shown in a book, film, play etcportrayal of ▪ the newspapers' portrayal of Islamic cultureDepict:verb. [transitive] formalto describe something or someone in writing or speech, or to show them in a painting, picture etc: ▪ a book depicting life in pre-revolutionary Russia—Depiction / noun[uncountable and countable] | | | | | | | | |
Revere: verb[transitive usually passive]formal to respect and admire someone or something very much. Be revered as something ▪ He is revered as a...