fascinated
adjective
having the attention attracted and held by a person or thing having unique power or charm, unusual character, etc.; enthralled or captivated.
half-fascinated
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a word derived from
fascinated.
Example Sentences
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Tom went more and more to the Choughs, and Patty noticed a change in the youth--a change that half-fascinated and half-repelled her.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
The smallest child who had been half-frightened, half-fascinated by the bold, bad, heroic attitude of the mutineer, was quick to see the ridiculousness of that figure crowned with cheap schoolboy plunder.
From Colonel Starbottle's Client by Bret Harte
Daphne Floyd sat beside the General, who paid her a half-reluctant, half-fascinated attention.
From Marriage à la mode by Mrs. Humphry Ward
It was given in the clear but startled accents of the half frightened, half-fascinated Johnny Billings, in three words:— "'Lige Curtis, sir!"
From A First Family of Tasajara by Bret Harte
The commanding personality of the man threw a spell over all with whom he was brought into contact; they were half-fascinated, half-awed—judgment and criticism surrendered to admiration.
From Love Romances of the Aristocracy by Thornton Hall
