fascinate
/ˈfæsɪneɪt/
fascinate verb: to evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone.
Verb
fascinate (third-person singular simple present fascinates, present participle fascinating, simple past and past participle fascinated)
- To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone.
- The flickering TV fascinated the cat.
- To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind.
- We were fascinated by the potter's skill.
- Leo, too, was strangely touched. Hitherto he had been fascinated against his better judgment, something as a bird is fascinated by a snake, but now I think that all this passed away, and he realised that he really loved this strange and glorious creature, as, alas! I loved her also.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- To be irresistibly charming or attractive to.
- Her gait fascinates all men.
fascinate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
fascinate in Tamil
- to evoke interest or attraction
- கவர் kavar
fascinate in Urdu
- فریفتہ کرنا
fascinate in Bengali
- মুগ্ধ করা
fascinate in Malayalam
- captivate, interest, engross
- വശീകരിക്കുക, ആകർഷിക്കുക, ചിത്തം കവരുക, മോഹിപ്പിക്കുക, താൽപര്യം ജനിപ്പിക്കുക, പാട്ടിലാക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- fascinate in Kannada
- ಸೆಳೆ seḷe
- fascinate in Arabic
- فَتَنَ fatana
Examples of fascinate in a sentence
- The kid was fascinated by the air bubbling up from the aquarium vent.
- He was fascinated by the duality of human nature.
- The children were fascinated by the magician’s tricks.
Forms of fascinate
| third-person singular present | fascinates |
|---|---|
| present participle | fascinating |
| past participle | fascinated |
| past | fascinated |
Origin of fascinate
Borrowed from Latin fascinātus, perfect passive participle of fascinō (“to enchant, bewitch, fascinate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fascinum (“a phallus-shaped amulet worn around the neck in Ancient Rome; witchcraft”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), itself of obscure origin.
Words formed from fascinate
Questions about fascinate
- What does fascinate mean?
- Fascinate means to evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone.
- What is fascinate in Tamil?
- Fascinate in Tamil is கவர் (kavar). See Fascinate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is fascinate?
- Fascinate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce fascinate?
- Fascinate is pronounced /ˈfæsɪneɪt/.
- What is the past tense of fascinate?
- The past tense of fascinate is fascinated.
Words near fascinate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fascinate (page history and authors); fascinate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fascinate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fascinate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ಸೆಳೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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