Fascination
[,fæsɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n] or [,fæsɪ'neʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the capacity to attract intense interest; 'he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations'.
(noun.) the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror).
Edited by Antony--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence.
(n.) The state or condition of being fascinated.
(n.) That which fascinates; a charm; a spell.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Enchantment, spell, charm, witchery, witchcraft, magic, sorcery.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FASCINATE]
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Examples
- She began to envy those pirouetters, to hunger for the hope and happiness which the fascination of the dance seemed to engender within them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Then I will,' said Fascination. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Fascination is never so imperial as when, roused and half ireful, she threatens transformation to fierceness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Fascination wished to know if the colour were not called rose-colour? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There was a peculiar fascination for Dorothea in this division of property intended for herself, and always regarded by her as excessive. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- As by a fascination, every eye was now directed to the glaring greenish-gray eye of Simon. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Now, Lammle,' said Fascination Fledgeby, calmly feeling for his whisker, 'it won't do. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As a rule, the word Budmouth meant fascination on Egdon. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It fascinated her with the fascination of pure beauty, cast a spell on her, like nostalgia, an ache. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Warm weather, Mrs Lammle,' said Fascination Fledgeby. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Gudrun could hear the cattle breathing heavily with helpless fear and fascination. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And she shrank and shuddered as under the fascination of some great power, repugnant to her whole previous life. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Yes, he said, with all the fascination of his evangelical voice and manner, you are a noble creature! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I don't find it worth my while to cut things so fine as to go into the inquiry,' Fascination coolly answered. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Rather dashed, Fascination Fledgeby took another scratch at his intellectual head with his hat, to gain time for rallying. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Could there have been anything like her present disjointed volubility in the fascinations that had captivated him? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But he invited Young John to dinner, and even brought him within range of the dangerous (because expensive) fascinations of Miss Rugg. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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