Definition of Fascinated

1. Adjective. Having your attention fixated as though by a spell.


Definition of Fascinated

1. Verb. (past of fascinate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fascinated

1. fascinate [v] - See also: fascinate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fascinated

fasciculus semilunaris
fasciculus septomarginalis
fasciculus solitarius
fasciculus subcallosus
fasciculus thalamicus
fasciculus thalamomamillaris
fasciculus uncinatus
fasciectomies
fasciectomy
fasciitis
fasciitises
fascin
fascina
fascinance
fascinate
fascinated (current term)
fascinates
fascinating
fascinatingly
fascination
fascinations
fascinator
fascinators
fascine
fascine roll
fascines
fascinoma
fascinomas
fascinous
fascins

Literary usage of Fascinated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"First off, fascinated is more often used with by than with any other preposition, and by can take as its object either a human or nonhuman fascinator: Alice ..."

2. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"... and it even entered into her uncle's course of thought at this moment that it was no wonder a boy should be fascinated by this young witch—who, however, ..."

3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... the greater part of his verse and prose. fascinated by the character of Falstaff, whom he frequently impersonated in the company of his friends. ..."

4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... the struggle, the courage, and the pluck that it revealed, fascinated the public, and sufficiently account for its great popularity. ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"... he had so fascinated the Roman people that a treaty was concluded according to which Arnold pledged Arnold of himself under oath to defend the Ro- ..."

6. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Flemming, who is completely fascinated with his friend's description, falls in love with the maiden, and presses Delaney for more and more particulars, ..."

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