transfixed adj 1: having your attention fixated as though by a spell [syn: {fascinated}, {hypnotized}, {hypnotised}, {mesmerized}, {mesmerised}, {spellbound}, {spell-bound}, {transfixed}]
Transfix \Trans*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transfixed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transfixing}.] [L. transfixus, p. p. of transfigure to transfix; trans across, through + figere to fix, fasten. See {Fix}.] To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart. [1913 Webster]