Fascination - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃn|
Brit.
|ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n|
noun
- the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)
- a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual (syn: enchantment, enthrallment)
- the capacity to attract intense interest
- a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual (syn: enchantment, enthrallment)
- the capacity to attract intense interest
he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations
Extra examples
...the fascination that the subject of dinosaurs has for most children...
Police knew of his fascination with guns.
The children watched in fascination.
India will always hold a great fascination for me.
The fascination lay in the mystery of what was inside the box.
...science fiction's enduring fascination with worlds beyond our own...
She has a perverse fascination with death.
...a lifelong fascination with sharks and other fearsome aquatic creatures...
He has an unwholesome fascination with death.
Word forms
noun
singular: fascination
plural: fascinations
singular: fascination
plural: fascinations
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