Meaning & use

Fascinated

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Deeply interested or attracted, to the point of being unable to look away or think of anything else.

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The children were fascinated by the magician's tricks.

She has always been fascinated with ancient Egyptian history.

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Also the past tense of the verb fascinate, which originally meant to bewitch or cast a spell over someone.

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