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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.

ChatGPT

  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. Andy Warhol:

    Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

  2. Nicole Kidman:

    David has created another propulsive series with a fascinating, complicated female role at its center, i’m excited and honored to continue collaborating with HBO and David E. Kelley.

  3. Ronit Lupu:

    On completion of the excavations at Shu?fat, it is quite evident that there was a thriving settlement in the Jerusalem area in ancient times. Thousands of years later, the buildings uncovered are of a standard that would not fall short of Jerusalem’s architecture, this discovery represents a highly significant addition to our research of the city and the vicinity. Apart from the pottery, the fascinating flint finds attest to the livelihood of the local population in prehistoric times: Small sickle blades for harvesting cereal crops, chisels and polished axes for building, borers and awls, and even a bead made of carnelian (a gemstone), indicating that jewelry was either made or imported.

  4. 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.

  5. Oleh Fetir:

    We were planning to come here tomorrow but because there were a lot of warnings about tomorrow, we will stay at home, we came here to see the parade of scrap metal, because the( Russians) have spoiled the celebration for us. Last year on Independence Day we were here watching the parade( of Ukrainian) military equipment, with the airplanes, it was majestic and fascinating. Now, this current parade is quite impressive. It's missing the photos of those who were inside.

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