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fascinating

/ˈfæsɪˌneɪtɪŋ/

fascinating adjective: having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive. Also the present participle and gerund of fascinate.

Adjective

fascinating (comparative more fascinating, superlative most fascinating)

  1. Having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.
    • utterly fascinating
    • find something fascinating
    Synonyms:
    alluring

Also used as

fascinating is also the present participle and gerund of fascinate.

fascinating meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Sanskrit

fascinating in Hindi

having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive
चित्ताकर्षक cittākarṣak

fascinating in Marathi

चित्तवेधक

fascinating in Malayalam

having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive
ആകർഷകമായ ākaṟṣakamāya

fascinating in Sanskrit

having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive
मनोहर manohara
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fascinating in Malay
menakjubkan

Examples of fascinating in a sentence

  • The documentary was absolutely fascinating.
  • He told a fascinating story about his travels.

All 40 example sentences with fascinating

Synonyms of fascinating

Forms of fascinating

comparativemore fascinating
superlativemost fascinating

Words formed from fascinating

Questions about fascinating

What does fascinating mean?
Fascinating means having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.
What is fascinating in Hindi?
Fascinating in Hindi is चित्ताकर्षक (cittākarṣak). See Fascinating meaning in Hindi.
How do you use fascinating in a sentence?
The documentary was absolutely fascinating.
What part of speech is fascinating?
Fascinating is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fascinating?
Fascinating is pronounced /ˈfæsɪˌneɪtɪŋ/.

Words near fascinating in the dictionary

  1. fascinance
  2. fascinate
  3. fascinated
  4. fascinatedly
  5. fascinates
  6. fascinating
  7. fascinatingly
  8. fascinatingness
  9. fascination
  10. fascinations
  11. fascinator

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fascinating (page history and authors); fascinating (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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