fas·ci·na·tion (f s  -n  shn)n. 1. The capability of eliciting intense interest or of being very attractive. 2. The state of being intensely interested or attracted: listened in fascination. 3. An intensely interesting, attractive quality or trait. |
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| Noun | 1. | fascination - the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) spell, trance, enchantment - a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation |
| 2. | fascination - a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual liking - a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" | |
| 3. | fascination - the capacity to attract intense interest; "he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations" attractiveness, attraction - the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him" |
fascination
noun
1. obsession, interest, complex, enthusiasm, hang-up (informal), preoccupation, mania, fetish, fixation, infatuation, ruling passion, idée fixe (French), bee in your bonnet (informal), thing (informal) I've had a lifelong fascination with the sea.
Translations
fascination [ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃən] N → fascinación f
his fascination with the cinema → su fascinación por el cine
his fascination with the cinema → su fascinación por el cine
fascination [ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃən] n → fascination f
in fascination
He watched in fascination → Il regardait, fasciné.
a fascination with sth → une fascination pour qch
to have a fascination for sth → être fasciné(e) par qch
to hold a fascination for sb → exercer une fascination sur qn
in fascination
He watched in fascination → Il regardait, fasciné.
a fascination with sth → une fascination pour qch
to have a fascination for sth → être fasciné(e) par qch
to hold a fascination for sb → exercer une fascination sur qn
fascination
n → Faszination f; (= fascinating quality also) → Reiz m; to listen/watch in fascination → gebannt zuhören/zusehen; to have or hold a fascination for somebody → auf jdn einen besonderen Reiz ausüben; his fascination with the cinema → der Reiz, den das Kino für ihn hat, die Faszination, die das Kino auf ihn ausübt; I don’t understand the fascination of this book → ich verstehe nicht, was an diesem Buch so faszinierend ist; she developed a fascination for Impressionist painting → impressionistische Malerei begann sie zu faszinieren
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