Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Possessing the power to charm or allure; captivating.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bewitching; enchanting; charming; captivating: as, a most fascinating poem.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective capable of holding the attention.
- adjective capturing interest as if by a spell.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
interesting qualities;captivating ;attractive . - verb Present participle of
fascinate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of arousing and holding the attention
- adjective capturing interest as if by a spell
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Examples
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Everything about the legendary Apple co-founder resonates with the word "fascinating."
Were Barbara's Most Fascinating People Actually Fascinating? 2011
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In a terrific piece in today's "Washington Post" called "Team Clinton: Down and Out of Touch," Dana Milbank writes about a breakfast that was held Monday with two Clinton advisers and members of the media which she describes as a fascinating tour of an alternate universe.
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Spock's tolerance for teasing was high, but Kirk suspected he had approached his limit in one area—lately Spock tended to avoid the word "fascinating."
Dreams of the Raven Carmen Carter 2000
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Spock's tolerance for teasing was high, but Kirk suspected he had approached his limit in one area—lately Spock tended to avoid the word "fascinating."
Dreams of the Raven Carmen Carter 2000
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Spock's tolerance for teasing was high, but Kirk suspected he had approached his limit in one area—lately Spock tended to avoid the word "fascinating."
Dreams of the Raven Carmen Carter 2000
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Spock's tolerance for teasing was high, but Kirk suspected he had approached his limit in one area—lately Spock tended to avoid the word "fascinating."
Dreams of the Raven Carmen Carter 2000
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Spock's tolerance for teasing was high, but Kirk suspected he had approached his limit in one area—lately Spock tended to avoid the word "fascinating."
Dreams of the Raven Carmen Carter 2000
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Scheib is willing to share his experiences because he had what he calls a fascinating, fun and fulfilling career in the White House.
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If you do this then the next morning you can have breakfast in fascinating Monterrey rather than plough on to butt-ugly Laredo. bournemouth
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If you do this then the next morning you can have breakfast in fascinating Monterrey rather than plough on to butt-ugly Laredo. bournemouth
Prolagus commented on the word fascinating
Wordie help needed!
I am writing a grant proposal for a project in which high school student will take part. I want to say that the activities they will be involved in are something that can attract students into pursuing a career in biology... I'm looking for a word but it's not fascinating. Can anybody help?
November 30, 2010
dontcry commented on the word fascinating
intriguing, thrilling, stimulating, exciting, gratifying, timeless, lucrative (?), Darwinian, outdoorsy...
November 30, 2010
yarb commented on the word fascinating
I'd say something like "the activities the student will be involved in are a great advertisement for biology as a career" or "the activities will highlight or showcase the appeal of a career in biology".
November 30, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word fascinating
Nice! Thanks to both of you!
November 30, 2010