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fascinated

[fas-uh-neyt]

verb (used with object)

to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.

to arouse the interest or curiosity of; allure.

to transfix or deprive of the power of resistance, as through terror: The sight of the snake fascinated the rabbit.

Obsolete. to bewitch.

Obsolete. to cast under a spell by a look.

verb (used without object)

to capture the interest or hold the attention.

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Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin fascinātus, past participle of fascināre to bewitch, cast a spell on, verbal derivative of fascinum evil spell, bewitchment

Related forms

fas·ci·nat·ed·ly, adverb

fas·ci·na·tive, adjective

half-fas·ci·nat·ed, adjective

qua·si-fas·ci·nat·ed, adjective

un·fas·ci·nat·ed, adjective

Synonyms
1. bewitch, enchant, spellbind, charm.

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Example Sentences

I've always been fascinated with dot-matrix art and pixelations.

She was fascinated by the possibility of pursuing administrative work, but the process seemed impenetrable.

He had been fascinated by wings, and by flying, all his life.

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I've always been fascinated with dot-matrix art and pixelations.

She was fascinated by the possibility of pursuing administrative work, but the process seemed impenetrable.

He had been fascinated by wings, and by flying, all his life.

She is fascinated by their highly organized, cooperative societies.

Fascinated naturalists have been writing about periodical cicadas for four centuries.

Fascinated by the graceful gliding of these mammals with.

I've always been fascinated with how our brains function-or, in some cases, fail to function.

London seems fascinated these days with fakery, pastiche, and imitation.

McGuire has been fascinated with reptiles ever since childhood.

He was a natural tinkerer, fascinated by how machines worked and how they could be made to work better.

Model and bystanders alike were fascinated and delighted by the finished masks.

The roots of such emotional differences have fascinated psychologists and nonspecialists alike.

Ragone became fascinated by breadfruit as a botany graduate student in the mid-1980s, and started collecting samples worldwide.

Fascinated by their success, researchers have studied leafcutter gardening, but something wasn't adding up.

I'd be utterly fascinated by any of these findings, or any of an immense number of easily imagined alternatives.

The buildings, and especially the gravestones, fascinated him.

These dark spots of cooler temperature on the sun's surface have fascinated humans for centuries.

Scientists have long been fascinated by neutron stars because their physics is so extreme.

I´ve always been fascinated by the subject of human evolution.

For centuries, scientists have been fascinated by the idea of harnessing the power of thunderstorms.

The aid fraternity is fascinated and appalled by these two sorry affairs.

The silent flight of owls has long fascinated ornithologists.

We rarely encounter that, and we're fascinated by it.

Of course, the press was fascinated by the idea of such a couple on such an adventure.

The results fascinated and delighted the city officials.

The results have fascinated mathematicians and military strategists ever since.

Scientists have long been fascinated by the species and have probed its impressive electrical abilities.

Some of us common people are actually fascinated to know how the universe works.

One concetto that fascinated the sculptor throughout his career was the attempt to overcome the limitations of his materials.

Lena is a science journalist fascinated by any and all combinations of biology, philosophy and design.

As a boy he was fascinated by games of all sorts, from pinochle to chess.

He quickly became fascinated with capturing people's emotions and personalities.

Hobza says that she is fascinated by the countless qualities of paper airplanes.

Paleontologists have long been fascinated by bizarre structures on prehistoric animals.

All are fast-growing industries fascinated by uncertainty and with little use for generalists.

The unique way in which the man held and dressed himself fascinated me.

The first self-trackers were mostly über-geeks fascinated by numbers.

And then the aesthetic justification is that humans are fascinated by large mammals.

The ability of real geckos to climb walls and walk across ceilings has long fascinated people.

Ceremonies for the dead have always fascinated people of all ages.

When the culture-either the human or the intellectual culture-is different enough for me to be fascinated by it.

DeVries said he has been fascinated by the insect world since he was a young child of four or five.

Pretty much since trains started rolling, people have been fascinated with the sounds they make.

Expats are initially excited with their new environment and fascinated by the host culture.

She is fascinated with all the luxuries of the ship.

It's almost too simple to call an experiment, but my little guy was fascinated and delighted with our creation.

He had a deep appreciation of music of all types and was fascinated with the sounds of.

I've been fascinated by the ways in which our intended online signals get overwhelmed by noise.

How something so complex operates so smoothly has fascinated scientists for centuries.

Marean's voice or mannerisms, but my son is fascinated.

Isenberg will be remembered as a scientist, philosopher, patriot and a fascinated observer of human nature.

Specialists who study heart and kidney function are fascinated by what they have already learned about the hormone.

But she also grew fascinated with the copyright complexities surrounding the daily work of historians.

The students are fascinated by the idea of personalized.

I've long been fascinated with steam engines and particularly steam cars and airplanes.

In this dark comedy, a woman fascinated with crime has an unexpected brush with a famous murderer's handiwork.

People seem to be both fascinated and frightened by the idea that scientists might create intelligence in other apes.

I've always been fascinated by what motivated those people to that way of life.

I'd be fascinated to know where the approval and funding for this study came from.

And, later in his career, he became increasingly fascinated by innovation.

The fully focusing movements of the master and the exquisite goods fascinated me.

The idea of satellite phones fascinated investors at first.

Throughout his life he was both fascinated and repelled by war.

If you are fascinated by learning and writing in a field, you look forward to it.

Zwally is fascinated by moulins because they may be a localized mechanism for accelerating the effects of global climate change.

For years, researchers have been fascinated with this isomer because it could lead to new science and technology breakthroughs.

Yet the conclusion fascinated me: fascinates me still.

He has always been fascinated by new materials and new technical challenges.

Newspapers have become fascinated recently by the fact that.

Children will be fascinated by this compelling and true account of the royal.

The young naturalist was fascinated by the seemingly endless variety of plant and animal life he encountered.

We were fascinated sitting there on the clean floor and seeing these white people get in and out of restaurants and buses.

In his high school years, he already was fascinated with electronics.

I've read about the early explorers and am fascinated by their adventures.

Schumpeter is much fascinated by the emerging giants his enthusiasm comes through in almost every second blog.

They were a tiny group of civil servants, far more fascinated by the precise details.

Villagers gather round, fascinated by this spectacle of foreigners falling from the sky.

They want to learn about bears and they are fascinated by people who research them.

It fascinated him and piqued his pride, but it also triggered an unease about the disconnection between creature and place.

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Word Origin & History

fascinate

1590s, "bewitch, enchant," from M.Fr. fasciner, from L. fascinatus, pp. of fascinare "bewitch, enchant," from fascinus "spell, witchcraft," of uncertain origin. Possibly from Gk. baskanos "bewitcher, sorcerer," with form influenced by L. fari "speak" (see fame). The Gk. word

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may be from a Thracian equivalent of Gk. phaskein "to say;" cf. also enchant, and Ger. besprechen "to charm," from sprechen "to speak." Earliest used of witches and of serpents, who were said to be able to cast a spell by a look that rendered one unable to move or resist. Sense of "delight, attract" is first recorded 1815. Related: Fascinated; fascinating.

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