Fascinated

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  fascinated \fascinated\ adj.
     1. having the attention fixed by a sense of wonder.
  
     Syn: hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized, mesmerised,
          spellbound, transfixed.
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. intensely interested in or attracted by; as, I'm very
        interested in birds; in fact I'm fascinated by them.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fascinate \Fas"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fascinated}, p.
     pr. & vb. n.. {Fascinating}.] [L. fascinare; cf. Gr.
     ?????????? to slander, bewitch.]
     1. To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by
        some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to
        enchant.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It has been almost universally believed that . . .
              serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which
              they are desirous to obtain.          --Griffith
                                                    (Cuvier).
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To excite and allure irresistibly or powerfully; to charm;
        to captivate, as by physical or mental charms.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              There be none of the passions that have been noted
              to fascinate or bewitch but love and envy. --Bacon.
  
     Syn: To charm; enrapture; captivate; enchant; bewitch;
          attract.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fascinated
       adj 1: having your attention fixated as though by a spell [syn: {hypnotized},
               {hypnotised}, {mesmerized}, {mesmerised}, {spellbound},
               {transfixed}]
       2: intensely interested in or attracted by; "I'm very
          interested in birds; in fact I'm fascinated by them"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "fascinated":
     agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, arrested, astonished,
     astounded, at gaze, attracted, awed, awestruck, becharmed,
     beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, captivated, cathectic,
     caught, charm-bound, charmed, concerned, confounded, curious,
     dumbfounded, dumbstruck, enamored, enchanted, enraptured,
     enravished, enthralled, enthusiastic, entranced, excited, fixed,
     flabbergasted, gaping, gauping, gazing, gripped, heartsmitten,
     held, hypnotized, in a trance, in awe, in awe of, infatuate,
     infatuated, interested, keen on, lost in wonder, marveling,
     mesmerized, open-eyed, openmouthed, overwhelmed, passionate,
     piqued, popeyed, puzzled, rapt, rapt in wonder, smitten,
     spell-caught, spellbound, staggered, staring, stupefied, surprised,
     tantalized, thunderstruck, tickled, titillated, turned-on,
     under a charm, under a spell, wide-eyed, wonder-struck,
     wondering