Synonyms for fascinates
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fas-uh-neyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæs əˌneɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for fascinates Other synonyms for the word fascinates
- absorb
- allure
- arouse
- attach
- compel
- draw
- enrapture
- enslave
- ensnare
- enthrall
- entice
- entrance
- excite
- fire
- gladden
- hypnotize
- infatuate
- interest
- intoxicate
- intrigue
- invite
- kindle
- lure
- mesmerize
- overpower
- overwhelm
- pique
- please
- provoke
- ravish
- rivet
- seduce
- spellbind
- stimulate
- stir
- subdue
- tantalize
- tempt
- thrill
- titillate
- transfix
- transport
- win
Définition of fascinates
Origin :- 1590s, "bewitch, enchant," from Middle French fasciner (14c.), from Latin fascinatus, past participle of fascinare "bewitch, enchant, fascinate," from fascinus "spell, witchcraft," of uncertain origin. Possibly from Greek baskanos "bewitcher, sorcerer," with form influenced by Latin fari "speak" (see fame (n.)).
- The Greek word might be from a Thracian equivalent of Greek phaskein "to say;" cf. also enchant, and German besprechen "to charm," from sprechen "to speak." Earliest used of witches and of serpents, who were said to be able to cast a spell by a look that rendered one unable to move or resist. Sense of "delight, attract" is first recorded 1815. Related: Fascinated; fascinating.
- verb captivate, hold spellbound
- There are times when it fascinates us with its whirling charm.
- Extract from : « Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land » by Henry Van Dyke
- You feel I know not what primitive force which repels and yet fascinates you.
- Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
- I don't like it as well as the other kind, though it fascinates me.
- Extract from : « Patchwork » by Anna Balmer Myers
- Fascinates the mind like the gathering and bursting of a storm.
- Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland
- It fascinates him like a game, and you often hear him describe it as a "game."
- Extract from : « If You Don't Write Fiction » by Charles Phelps Cushing
- For there was something grand in Egerton,—something that commands and fascinates the young.
- Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- These are the men and women whom she fascinates and alienates.
- Extract from : « The Essays of "George Eliot" » by George Eliot
- I admire her very much; she fascinates and yet repels me, but I do not think I could love her very much.
- Extract from : « Our Bessie » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
- And it is that which, above all, at once fascinates and intimidates us.
- Extract from : « The Sea » by Jules Michelet
- Certainly it fascinates as nothing else fascinates in Nature.
- Extract from : « In the Open » by Stanton Davis Kirkham
Antonyms for fascinates
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