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fascinated
[ fas-uh-ney-tid ]
adjective
- having the attention attracted and held by a person or thing having unique power or charm, unusual character, etc.; enthralled or captivated:
The nature trail guide opened one of the boxes to let the fascinated onlookers view two baby bluebirds inside.
- strongly interested or intrigued by something:
I'm speaking now not as a lawyer, just as a fascinated observer of mankind.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of fascinate ( def ).
Other Words From
- fas·ci·nat·ed·ly adverb
- half-fas·ci·nat·ed adjective
- qua·si-fas·ci·nat·ed adjective
- un·fas·ci·nat·ed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of fascinated1
Example Sentences
Mr. Bachner stayed because he realized the city is filled with artisans and the possibilities fascinated him.
They wrote about subjects that they knew intimately, or that troubled or fascinated them, which is what all novelists do.
But people were fascinated with what we were doing, and what we were shooting.
Are you endlessly fascinated by the human condition or disturbed by it?
Hitchcock was fascinated when I pointed out the similarity, and considered it at some length.
Still, gambling seemed to be made particularly fascinating here, and he wanted to be fascinated, wanted it badly.
Something in her eyes attracted and fascinated, and at the same time troubled Mr. Mason, he scarcely knew why.
She was fascinated by this aptitude, but presently she was still more fascinated by the subtle use that he was making of it.
Once upon a time she had fascinated Worse when he was a mate, during a certain boating excursion by moonlight.
His archæological knowledge, which fascinated Niebuhr, is of small account to-day.
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