be captivated by somebody/something• I was captivated byButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.• I am told of young people who, for the first time in their lives, are captivated bypolitics.• They were captivated by the beautiful village, played croquet on the lawn and altogether had a delightful time.• Elisabeth was no longer interested in these things but was captivated by the Colonel's enthusiasm for his subjects.• Lear was captivated by the extraordinary and extrovert family of parrots.• Rexwas captivated by the sea in a way that others might be avid golf players or inveteratebirdwatchers.• Wells was captivated by the wave of optimism engendered by the great age of heroic invention at the turn of the century.• Edna was captivated by what she termed a cosmicsweetness.