fascinating
Americanadjective
adjective
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arousing great interest
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enchanting or alluring
a fascinating woman
Other Word Forms
- fascinatingly adverb
- half-fascinating adjective
- half-fascinatingly adverb
- quasi-fascinating adjective
- quasi-fascinatingly adverb
- unfascinating adjective
Etymology
Origin of fascinating
First recorded in 1640–50; fascinat(e) + -ing 2
Example Sentences
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But the Tottenham man - whose family boasts a fascinating history, with both his father and grandfather serving in the Zairean army - showed his fighting spirit and settled into the contest.
From BBC
It’s a fascinating profile, but we really don’t need any of these details any more than we need New York Magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi gushing about her inappropriate personal relationship with Kennedy.
From Salon
He finds families “endlessly fascinating” but observes them dispassionately, noting emotional responses that hint at deeper secrets.
He has all kinds of fascinating stories about gales and gusts and how they have shaped history.
She sees early on that her best bet is to take a story that people aren’t particularly interested in and make that a story that she can find what’s fascinating about it.
From Salon
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