What does fascinating mean?

Definitions for fascinating
ˈfæs əˌneɪ tɪŋfas·ci·nat·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping, rivetingadjective

    capable of arousing and holding the attention

    "a fascinating story"

  2. bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinatingadjective

    capturing interest as if by a spell

    "bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman"

Wiktionary

  1. fascinatingadjective

    Having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.

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  1. fascinating

    Fascinating refers to something or someone that is extremely interesting or captivating, attracting and holding strong interest or attention, often in a charming or delightful manner. It implies that the object or person arousively arouses curiosity or interest due to its unusual, intriguing, or alluring qualities.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fascinating

    of Fascinate

Editors Contribution

  1. fascinatingadjective

    of great interest or attraction


    Submitted by frank_taylor on November 14, 2022  

British National Corpus

  1. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'fascinating' in Adjectives Frequency: #705

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fascinating in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fascinating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of fascinating in a Sentence

  1. Marsha Levine Levine:

    Benjamin Netanyahu wants ethnic cleansing, the Jews have become the Nazis…It’s really fascinating that the JC and the people behind it claim they speak for Jews. You don’t speak for me. Never once was I quoted correctly in the past, not even about the bloody horses. I want justice for Palestine.

  2. Hafsa Halawa:

    The fascinating thing to me -- if I'm talking about the UK and( Home Secretary) Priti Patel's immigration point scheme that Priti Patel introduced -- is that my father as a qualified surgeon who went on to serve the NHS for 40 years, would not have qualified for a work visa when he arrived here, the mechanisms by which we -- in the developed world -- allowed people to learn and then keep them here to benefit society are no longer available.

  3. Katharina Rebay-Salisbury:

    Bringing up babies in prehistory was not an easy task, we are interested in researching cultural practices of mothering, which had profound implications for the survival of babies. It is fascinating to be able to see, for the first time, which foods these vessels contained.

  4. Schlapp Schlapp:

    I have to tell you, I believe the Democrats are behaving like the Grinch of Christmas, it's a fascinating group of these Democrats who can't seem to realize that it is time to move on. It is time to accept the fact that Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States.

  5. Beth Richardson:

    By studying the boots we've been able to gain a fascinating glimpse into the daily life of a man who lived as many as 500 years ago.

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