mesmerizing
    adj 1: attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read
           the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm
           mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was
           mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in
           ancient Rome" [syn: hypnotic, mesmeric,
           mesmerizing, spellbinding]

Mesmerize \Mes"mer*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mesmerized; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Mesmerizing.] [Also spelled mesmerise.]
   1. To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep; to hypnotize.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To produce an intense fascination in; to spellbind.
      [PJC]