Synonyms of the word

transfix

• v. (transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
• v. (transitive) To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
• v. (transitive) To fix or impale.
• n. (linguistics) A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic…

empale

• v. Obsolete form of impale.
• v. (transitive) To make pale.

fascinate

• v. To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone.
• v. To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind.
• v. To be irresistibly charming or attractive to.

grip

• v. (transitive) To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
• v. (transitive) To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.
• v. (intransitive) To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.
• v. To trench; to drain.
• n. A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
• n. A handle or other place to grip.
• n. (computing, graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or…
• n. (film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
• n. A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
• n. (chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
• n. Archaic spelling of grippe: Influenza, flu.
• n. (archaic) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
• n. An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
• n. Assistance; help or encouragement.
• n. A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
• n. (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
• n. (figuratively) A tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
• n. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
• n. (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
• n. (obsolete) The griffin.

impale

• v. to pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
• v. more generally, to pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.

interest

• n. (uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in…
• n. (uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
• n. (uncountable) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
• n. (countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other…
• n. (countable) Something one is interested in.
• n. (obsolete, rare) Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.
• n. (usually in the plural) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.
• v. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person…
• v. (obsolete, often impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.
• v. (obsolete) To cause or permit to share.

pierce

• v. (transitive) to puncture; to break through.
• v. (transitive) to create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
• v. (transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly.
• v. (figuratively) To penetrate; to affect deeply.

spellbind

• v. (transitive) To captivate, or hold the attention of, as if by a magic spell; to entrance.

spike

• n. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward/outward.
• n. Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
• n. An ear of corn or grain.
• n. (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
• n. (in plural spikes; informal) Running shoes with spikes in the soles.
• n. A sharp peak in a graph.
• n. The long, narrow part of a high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
• n. A long nail for storing papers and, by extension, the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles…
• n. (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the…
• n. (zoology) An adolescent male deer.
• n. A surge in power.
• n. (slang) The casual ward of a workhouse.
• n. Spike lavender.
• v. To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
• v. To set or furnish with spikes.
• v. To fix on a spike.
• v. To prevent or frustrate.
• v. To increase sharply.
• v. To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink.
• v. To add a small amount of one substance to another.
• v. (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight…
• v. (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
• v. (journalism) To decide not to publish or make public.
• v. (football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or…

thrust

• n. (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
• n. A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.).
• n. The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
• n. (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
• v. (intransitive) To make advance with force.
• v. (transitive) To force something upon someone.
• v. (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
• v. (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
• v. (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
• v. To stab; to pierce; usually with through.