Fascinate
['fæsɪneɪt] or ['fæsə'net]
Definition
(verb.) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; 'The snake charmer fascinates the cobra'.
Checker: Ophelia--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant.
(v. t.) To excite and allure irresistibly or powerfully; to charm; to captivate, as by physical or mental charms.
Typed by Catherine
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Charm, enchant, bewitch, enrapture, entrance, captivate, catch, delight, enamour.
Typed by Hiram
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See BEWITCH]
Typist: Wanda
Definition
v.t. to control by the glance: to charm: to captivate: to enchant esp. by the evil eye.—adj. Fas′cinating charming delightful.—n. Fascinā′tion the act of charming: power to harm by looks or spells: mysterious attractive power exerted by a man's words or manner: irresistible power of alluring: state of being fascinated.
Editor: Seth
Examples
- The notice of the great man--the hero of many a famous story in every lawyer's office in London--appeared to fascinate the boy. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Here was the sort of work to fascinate every smart knave in politics. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- What will fascinate us in the past will be the records of inventions, of great choices, of those alternatives on which destiny seems to hang. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It seemed to fascinate him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Neither Calypso nor Eucharis cared to fascinate Mentor. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Electricity fascinated him, and he could watch the machines and listen to the music of their clicking by the hour. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Ursula was frightened of him, and fascinated. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The presence of a Lord fascinated him, and he could look at nothing else. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And they fascinated her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She stood watching the motion on the bosom of the water, as if fascinated. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And yet she was fascinated. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Is it ungenerous or dishonourable to be devoted to you; fascinated by you? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The mystery which environs him fascinates me. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A play is produced which fascinates an audience for weeks. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But I want to know, what it is that fascinates you--what is it? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There is something in it which fascinates me extremely. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- How can I make a MAN understand that a feeling which horrifies me at myself, can be a feeling that fascinates me at the same time? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We have in our police reports realism pushed to its extreme limits, and yet the result is, it must be confessed, neither fascinating nor artistic. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- There has been no inventor who has covered such a field, and each step he takes opens new and fascinating vistas to his ever-inquiring eyes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is a picture that really holds one's attention; its beauty is fascinating. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But,' quoth the fascinating Tippins, 'I am resolved on getting something more out of you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Monseigneur was out at a little supper most nights, with fascinating company. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The eighteenth century, keenly curious and ceaselessly active in this fascinating field of investigation, had not, after all, left much of a legacy in either principles or appliances. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I could make no sense of the subject; my own thoughts swam always between me and the page I had usually found fascinating. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Editor: Ramon