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Fascinated   /fˈæsənˌeɪtəd/  /fˈæsənˌeɪtɪd/   Listen
Fascinated

adjective
1.
Having your attention fixated as though by a spell.  Synonyms: hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixed.



Fascinate

verb
(past & past part. fascinated; pres. part. fascinating)
1.
Cause to be interested or curious.  Synonym: intrigue.
2.
To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe.  Synonyms: grip, spellbind, transfix.
3.
Attract; cause to be enamored.  Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, trance.






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"Fascinated" Quotes from Famous Books



... seen a man shooting to kill another. The very horror of watching de Spain, at bay among the rocks, fascinated her. Since the first day they had met she had hardly seen a ...
— Nan of Music Mountain • Frank H. Spearman

... said. "You feel towards them just as I do. I was introduced to them in Berlin. Mr. Tom Temple had formed their acquaintance somehow, and seemed wonderfully fascinated by them. I scarcely spoke to them, however, as I left Germany the next day, and was rather surprised to see them here ...
— Weapons of Mystery • Joseph Hocking

... in the little steel hand of the model and pressed a lever as he held a piece of paper under the pencil. Brent leaned over, fascinated. ...
— The Master Mystery • Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey

... completely eclipsed by the falls of St. Anthony at Minneopolis, which we saw later. The latter originally fell perpendicularly; but to utilise them for the enormous saw-mills built at the water's edge they have been under-planked, so that the water goes down in a slant. We were most fascinated by the sight, and watched the torrent from various ...
— A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba • Mrs. Cecil Hall

... loitering about and inspecting a box, repeatedly climbing round and over it, and always ending at the entrance, into which she peers curiously, and when about to enter starting back, as if scared at the obscurity within. But after retiring a little space she will return again and again, as if fascinated by the comfort and security of such an abode. It is amusing to see how pertinaciously they hang about the ovens of the Oven-birds, apparently determined to take possession of them, flying back after a hundred repulses, and yet ...
— The Industries of Animals • Frederic Houssay


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