fascinating
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fascinating \fascinating\ adj.
1. capable of holding the attention; as, a fascinating story.
Syn: absorbing, engrossing, gripping, riveting, spellbinding.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. capturing interest as if by a spell; as, a fascinating
woman.
Syn: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling,
entrancing.
[WordNet 1.5]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fascinate \Fas"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fascinated}, p.
pr. & vb. n.. {Fascinating}.] [L. fascinare; cf. Gr.
?????????? to slander, bewitch.]
1. To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by
some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to
enchant.
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It has been almost universally believed that . . .
serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which
they are desirous to obtain. --Griffith
(Cuvier).
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2. To excite and allure irresistibly or powerfully; to charm;
to captivate, as by physical or mental charms.
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There be none of the passions that have been noted
to fascinate or bewitch but love and envy. --Bacon.
Syn: To charm; enrapture; captivate; enchant; bewitch;
attract.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
105 Moby Thesaurus words for "fascinating":
Circean, absorbing, alluring, appealing, appetizing, arresting,
attractive, beguiling, bewildering, bewitching, blandishing,
cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing,
come-hither, consuming, coquettish, delectable, delightful,
enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enigmatic, enravishing,
enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exceptional, exciting, exotic,
exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fetching,
flirtatious, glamorous, gripping, heart-robbing, holding, hypnotic,
illusionary, illusive, illusory, incomprehensible, inconceivable,
incredible, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible,
lovely, luxurious, magnetic, marvelous, mesmeric, mesmerizing,
miraculous, mouth-watering, obsessing, obsessive, outlandish,
passing strange, phenomenal, piquant, prepossessing, prodigious,
provocative, provoquant, puzzling, rare, ravishing, remarkable,
seducing, seductive, sensational, sensuous, siren, sirenic,
spellbinding, spellful, strange, striking, stupendous, taking,
tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating,
titillative, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unprecedented,
voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching, wonderful, wondrous
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