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/fˈæsənˌeɪtəd/ /fˈæsənˌeɪtɪd/ Listen

verb

Fascinate v. t. (past & past part. fascinated; pres. part. fascinating)

To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant. "It has been almost universally believed that... serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which they are desirous to obtain."

To excite and allure irresistibly or powerfully; to charm; to captivate, as by physical or mental charms. "There be none of the passions that have been noted to fascinate or bewitch but love and envy."

Synonyms: To charm; enrapture; captivate; enchant; bewitch; attract.

adjective

fascinated adj.

Having the attention fixed by a sense of wonder.

Synonyms: hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized, mesmerised, spellbound, transfixed.

Intensely interested in or attracted by; as, I'm very interested in birds; in fact I'm fascinated by them.

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Etymology of 'Fascinated'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... scheme was no sooner arranged, than the Captain was summoned to London by a letter on business, which he did not expect to detain him long. Mr. Chainmail, who, like the Captain, was fascinated with the inn and the scenery, determined to await his companion's return; and, having furnished him with a list of books, which he was to bring with him from London, took leave of him, and began to pass his days like the heroes ...

— Crotchet Castle • Thomas Love Peacock

... wailing strains of the familiar Irish melody were breathing through the cabin. "Kathleen Mavourneen" followed, and the stranger sat as if fascinated. At "'Way Down Upon the Suwanee River" he dropped his head in his hands and ...

— Jim Spurling, Fisherman - or Making Good • Albert Walter Tolman

... near by, serenely confident of the result of his case now that Colonel Clark had a hand in it. Tom being one of the best shots in Kentucky, he had won two beaver skins before the early autumn twilight fell. As for me, I had an afternoon of excitement in the court, fascinated by the marvels of its procedures, by the impassioned speeches of its advocates, by the gravity of its judges. Ambition stirred ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... handed it to her; and Tai-yue deposited all the flowers on the ground, took over the book, and read it from the very first page; and the more she perused it, she got so much the more fascinated by it, that in no time she had finished reading sixteen whole chapters. But aroused as she was to a state of rapture by the diction, what remained even of the fascination was enough to overpower her senses; and though she had ...

— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin

... and the lighter subtlety in fun-making. History records a controversy between Holland and Zealand, which was argued pro and con during a period of years with great earnestness. The subject for debate that so fascinated the Dutchmen was: "Does the cod take the hook, or does the hook ...

— Jokes For All Occasions - Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers • Anonymous

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