'Fascination' definitions:
Definition of 'fascination'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) [syn: fascination, captivation]
noun
A feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual [syn: captivation, enchantment, enthrallment, fascination]
noun
The capacity to attract intense interest; "he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations"
Definition of 'Fascination'
From: GCIDE
- Fascination \Fas`ci*na"tion\, n. [L. fascinatio; cf. F. fascination.]
- 1. The act of fascinating, bewitching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence. [1913 Webster]
- The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them against fascination. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state or condition of being fascinated. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which fascinates; a charm; a spell. [1913 Webster]
- There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. --South. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fascination'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admiration,
- affinity,
- agacerie,
- allure,
- allurement,
- amaze,
- amazement,
- animal magnetism,
- appeal,
- astonishment,
- astoundment,
- attraction,
- attractiveness,
- awe,
- awesomeness,
- bedevilment,
- beguilement,
- beguiling,
- beguilingness,
- bent,
- bewilderment,
- bewitchery,
- bewitchment,
- bias,
- blandishment,
- breathless wonder,
- bug,
- cajolery,
- captivation,
- charisma,
- charm,
- charmingness,
- come-hither,
- complex,
- compulsion,
- craze,
- crazy fancy,
- draw,
- dumbfoundment,
- enchantingness,
- enchantment,
- enthrallment,
- enthusiasm,
- enthusiasticalness,
- enticement,
- enticingness,
- entrancement,
- entrapment,
- extraordinariness,
- fancy,
- favor,
- fixation,
- fixed idea,
- flirtation,
- forbidden fruit,
- furor,
- furore,
- glamorousness,
- glamour,
- hang-up,
- hypercathexis,
- idee fixe,
- illusion,
- inclination,
- inducement,
- infatuation,
- influence,
- interest,
- inveiglement,
- invitation,
- irresistible impulse,
- leaning,
- magic,
- magnetism,
- mania,
- manic-depressive psychosis,
- marvel,
- marveling,
- marvelousness,
- maya,
- miraculousness,
- monomania,
- morbid drive,
- mutual affinity,
- mutual attraction,
- mysteriousness,
- mystery,
- numinousness,
- obsession,
- obsessive compulsion,
- partiality,
- passion,
- penchant,
- phenomenalness,
- possession,
- predilection,
- preference,
- preoccupation,
- prepossession,
- proclivity,
- prodigiousness,
- propensity,
- pull,
- puzzlement,
- rage,
- remarkableness,
- ruling passion,
- seducement,
- seduction,
- seductiveness,
- sense of mystery,
- sense of wonder,
- sex appeal,
- snaring,
- sorcery,
- stupefaction,
- stupendousness,
- surprise,
- sympathy,
- tantalization,
- temptation,
- tic,
- turn,
- winning ways,
- winsomeness,
- witchcraft,
- witchery,
- wonder,
- wonderfulness,
- wonderment,
- wondrousness,
- wooing