If you are transfixed by something, it captures all of your interest or attention, so that you are unable to think of anything else or unable to act. We were all transfixed by the images of the war. = mesmerize + transfixed trans·fixed Her eyes were transfixed with terror For hours he stood transfixed
To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart
to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"