fascination

[US]/ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃn/
[UK]/ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. charm; being captivated or enraptured.

Phrases & Collocations

Sense of fascination

Fascination with nature

Example Sentences

a morbid fascination with death

The city has a fascination for him.

Brian has a fascination for girls.

a lifelong fascination with Baroque music

this fascination was not limited to the distaff side of society.

people talk about the case with a mixture of fascination and repulsion.

Old churches have a certain strange fascination for me.

He had a deep fascination with all forms of transport.

he had long held a morbid fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare.

He found great fascination in her quiet, frank manner.

His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience.

Seeing over a thousand species of fish is part of the fascination of the reef.

She completely forgot her shyness in her fascination with what he was saying.

He looked on in horrified fascination as the ship drew nearer to the rocks.

The world of black and white reflects brevity and pithiness. However passion and fascination only root in my literatures. Coloration and character only exist in every single patch of stories.

«Fascination Street», «Just Like Heaven», «A Forest», «Disintegration», «A Night Like This», «Shake Dog Shake», «The Drowning Man», «Signal to Noise» �«Plainsong».

Real-world Examples

Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Three (Translation)

Your Christian name has an irresistible fascination.

Source: Not to be taken lightly.

Where he developed a childhood fascination with clouds.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation July 2016

Thomas, a renowned rationalist, confessed a fascination with spiritualism.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

And it was this mysterious quality which fuelled our fascination.

Source: BBC documentary "The Mystery of the Moon"

'Jaws' multiplied people's fascination with, and fear of, sharks.

Source: 6 Minute English

Indians have always had a fascination with faces and celebrity.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2014

The pale ray of evening lent a fascination to the experience.

Source: Returning Home

Or should I try and make them share my fascination with a particular aspect?

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 13

That's right. I have a strange fascination with prisons when I go traveling.

Source: American English dialogue

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