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thrall
[ thrawl ]
noun
- a person who is morally or mentally enslaved by some power, influence, or the like:
He was the thrall of morbid fantasies.
- a person held in bondage or slavery.
- the condition of being in the power of something or someone; a state of subjugation or rapt absorption:
We will receive no help from the media, who are for the most part in thrall to the political establishment.
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to put or hold in thralldom; enslave.
adjective
- Archaic. subjected to bondage; enslaved.
thrall
/ θɔː /
noun
- Also calledthraldomUSthralldomˈθɔːdəm the state or condition of being in the power of another person
- a person who is in such a state
- a person totally subject to some need, desire, appetite, etc
verb
- tr to enslave or dominate
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·ٳ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of thrall1
Word History and Origins
Origin of thrall1
Example Sentences
Saxon hopes the audiences watching “The Legend of Ochi” are kept in thrall, wondering.
The music industry had largely written her off - but in England, where pop was in thrall to American R&B, she still had some heavyweight fans.
As his life neared its end, however, Spencer expressed disappointment at the direction the Republican Party had taken, with so many in Trump’s personal thrall.
Prosecutor Iain Simkin KC told jurors: "Tiffany Render had become conditioned to obedience, was in thrall to the defendant and, irrespective of the risks to her own well-being, nevertheless visited him on March 22."
It is more compelling than ever and will have the watching world in its thrall all over again on Friday.
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