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Definitions for fascinating
ˈfæs əˌneɪ tɪŋfas·ci·nat·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping, rivetingadjective
capable of arousing and holding the attention
"a fascinating story"
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
fascinatingadjective
Having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.
Webster Dictionary
Fascinating
of Fascinate
Editors Contribution
fascinatingadjective
of great interest or attraction
Submitted by frank_taylor on November 14, 2022
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Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'fascinating' in Adjectives Frequency: #705
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fascinating in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fascinating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of fascinating in a Sentence
I can't believe he did it, it's truly astonishing, what the human body can endure is fascinating.
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, the grinding tools, mortars and pestles, like the basalt bowl, attest to technological skills as well as to the kinds of crafts practiced in the local community.
If you were around in early 1980s it was pretty hard to miss the jeans she helped create but that was her public face - the one she learned to hide behind as a child, her private self, her real self - that was more fascinating and more lovely than anything she showed the public.
There are thousands if not millions of stories of people who, for many different reasons, felt the need to hide their sexuality, the X-Men, with the conceit of time travel, give us a fascinating platform in which to examine such personal journeys. This is just the first little chapter of a much larger story that will be told.
A lot of the interest in Morgan comes from us being very true to our roots, in new markets it becomes a nice selling point because the 106 years of heritage are fascinating for people when they do the research, and being family-owned adds another element.
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- ساحرArabic
- очарова́теленBulgarian
- fascinant, fascinadorCatalan, Valencian
- okouzlující, fascinujícíCzech
- betagende, fængslende, fascinerendeDanish
- bezaubernd, faszinierendGerman
- fascinaEsperanto
- fascinanteSpanish
- شگفت انگیزPersian
- mielenkiintoinen, kiehtova, hurmaava, lumoavaFinnish
- fascinant, passionnantFrench
- հետաքրքրաշարժArmenian
- 魅力的Japanese
- очарова́тельный, плени́тельный, обворожи́тельныйRussian
- fascinerandeSwedish
- கண்கவர்Tamil
- دلچسپUrdu
- hấp dẫnVietnamese
- 迷人Chinese
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