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Definition: Fascinated |
FascinatedAdjective1. Having your attention fixated as though by a spell. 2. Intensely interested in or attracted by; "I'm very interested in birds; in fact I'm fascinated by them". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fascinated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references) |
Synonyms: FascinatedSynonyms: hypnotised (adj), hypnotized (adj), mesmerised (adj), mesmerized (adj), spellbound (adj), transfixed (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pleasure | Overjoyed, entranced, enchanted; enraptures; enravished; transported; fascinated, captivated. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fascinated |
| English words defined with "fascinated": drink, drink in ♦ fascinate ♦ grip ♦ morbidly ♦ spellbind ♦ transfix. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fascinated": IMPROBABILITY ♦ neep-neep. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fascinated": Fascinate. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I don't know if I was fascinated or frightened by him. (Kalifornia; writing credit: Tim Metcalfe. Starring Brad Pitt as Early Grayce, Juliette Lewis as Adele Corners, David Duchovny as Brian Kessler, and Michelle Forbes as Carrie Laughlin.) You know, when we were on that plane, I was fascinated by the way the shadow followed us. That silly shadow (Lost Horizon; writing credit: James Hilton; Robert Riskin) Don't do it, just cause your fascinated. I want you to be sure (Higher Learning; writing credit: John Singleton) I'm not worried, I'm uh, I'm fascinated. Y'know it's like uh, Biology (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) Comrade, I've been fascinated by your five-year plan for the last fifteen years (Ninotchka; writing credit: Melchior Lengyel; Charles Brackett) | |
Lyrics | I was fascinated, surely (Take You Out; performing artist: Luther Vandross) | |
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 | In diplomatic circles. Mr. Tagg is fascinated by Washington society and decides to go into politics : he enjoys a vision of himself at the Court of Saint James. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Cecil gazed and gazed, awe-stricken and yet fascinated. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Marble Wall" by Tina Lorien Commentary: "I am real fascinated by the quaries -/ I work with sculpture every day - but who can beat the beauty of nature - this is a great painting in itself." |
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Bill Hicks | I love talking about the Warren Commission, I love talking about the Kennedy assasination as well. The reason I do is because I'm fascinated by it. I'm fascinated that our government could lie to us so blatantly, so obviously for so long, and we do absolutely nothing about it. I think that's interesting in what is ostensibly a democracy. Sarcasm - come on in. People say, "Bill, quit talking about Kennedy man. It was a long time ago, just let it go, alright? It's a long time ago, just forget it." I'm like, alright, then don't bring up Jesus to me. As long as we're talking shelf life here, you know. |
Diane Sawyer | I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Jean Valjean was fascinated by the contemplation of her slender fingers upon that flower, forgetting everything in the radiance of this child |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The clerk watched her, fascinated. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | For centuries, scientists and philosophers have been fascinated by the brain, but until recently they viewed the brain as nearly incomprehensible. (references) | |
Business | The phenomenal success of cellular telephones in Venezuela can easily be traced to the poor fixed telephony base, coupled with the ability to manage cellular phone costs through pre-paid cards and the fact that Venezuelans (the vast majority of whom are young) are fascinated with technological innovations. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | IMPROBABILITY, n. His tale he told with a solemn face And a tender, melancholy grace. Improbable 'twas, no doubt, When you came to think it out, But the fascinated crowd Their deep surprise avowed And all with a single voice averred 'Twas the most amazing thing they'd heard -- All save one who spake never a word, But sat as mum As if deaf and dumb, Serene, indifferent and unstirred. Then all the others turned to him And scrutinized him limb from limb -- Scanned him alive; But he seemed to thrive And tranquiler grow each minute, As if there were nothing in it. "What! what!" cried one, "are you not amazed At what our friend has told?" He raised Soberly then his eyes and gazed In a natural way And proceeded to say, As he crossed his feet on the mantel-shelf: "O no -- not at all; I'm a liar myself." |
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| "Fascinated" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 67.08% of the time. "Fascinated" is used about 649 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 67.08% | 436 | 13,209 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 25.54% | 166 | 24,220 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5.54% | 36 | 57,479 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.85% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 649 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "fascinated": be fascinated ♦ fascinated by. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "fascinated": company-fascinated, guitar-fascinated. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fascinated | 7 |
fascinated maize raven video | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fascinated"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i shtangur (aghast, dumb, dumbfounded, flabbergasted, frozen), i hipnotizuar. (various references) | |
Arabic | مسحور (bewitched, smitten). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | хипнотизиран, очарован (bewitched, charmed, spellbound), омаян (bemused, spellbound). (various references) | |
Chinese | 著迷 , 迷住 (Charmed, Charming, Fascinate, Fascinating). (various references) | |
Czech | okouzlený (enamoured, spellbound). (various references) | |
Dutch | gefascineerd (gripped), geboeid (gripped). (various references) | |
Esperanto | fascinita (gripped). (various references) | |
Finnish | viehättyä (be charmed, be fascinated), hurmaantua (be fascinated). (various references) | |
French | fascinai, fascinés, fascinée, fasciné, fascinâmes, fascina, captivé. (various references) | |
German | faszinierte, bezauberte (enchanted). (various references) | |
Greek | γοητευμένοσ, γοητευμένος, μαγεμένοσ (spellbound). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוקסם (charmed, enchanted, infatuated). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elbûvölt (rapt, rapturous, spell-bound). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 見惚れる (to be charmed, to be fascinated, to watch something in fascination), 見とれてる (to be charmed with, to be fascinated by), マイコプラズマ肺炎 (at one's own pace, budget reduction, Die Meistersinger, maestro, mild, mild inflation, mile, miler, miles, milestone, mime, mind, mind-control, mine, minor, minor change, Minor League, minor level, minority, minus, mound, mount, mountain, mountain music, mounting, mouse, mouse unit, mouth, mouthpiece, movingicon, my pace, mycoplasma pneumonia, negative image, one'shome, one'shouse, personal computer), screwdriverdriver), something that a person is currently obsessed with or fascinated by). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | マイブーム (something that a person is currently obsessed with or fascinated by), みほれる (to be charmed, to be fascinated, to watch something in fascination), みとれる (to be charmed, to be fascinated, to look in fascination at, to watch something in fascination), みとれてる (to be charmed with, to be fascinated by). (various references) | |
Korean | 황홀케 하는. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ascinatedfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fascinado. (various references) | |
Romanian | fermecat (bewitched, charmed, delighted, ecstatic, elf-struck, enchanted, magic, magical, spellbound, wonder struck). (various references) | |
Russian | очарованный (bewitched, spellbound), зачарованный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | opčinjen (spellbound), očaran (captive, smitten, spellbound). (various references) | |
Spanish | fascinado (bewitched). (various references) | |
Thai | น่าดึงดูดใจ (jazzy, scenic, sensational). (various references) | |
Turkish | büyülenmiş (bewitched, spellbound), ağzı açık kalmış (Agape, floored, open mouthed, stunned). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gьrma bolmak (be captivated). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adtoniti, adtonitis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Fascinated" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: calcinated, facinate, facinated, farcinate, fasciaed, fasciata, fasciated, fascinare, fascinatedly, fascinted, fascvinate, fasinate, fassinated, ffascinate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fascinated" (pronounced fa"sunā'tud) |
| 8 | -a" s u n ā' t u d | assassinated. |
| 7 | -s u n ā' t u d | impersonated. |
| 6 | -u n ā' t u d | alienated, caffeinated, carbonated, chlorinated, contaminated, culminated, decaffeinated, decontaminated, denominated, detonated, laminated, discriminated, disseminated, dominated, eliminated, emanated, exterminated, germinated, halogenated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, indoctrinated, marinated, nominated, opinionated, originated, oxygenated, pollinated, predominated, rejuvenated, renominated, resonated, ruminated, subordinated, terminated, uncontaminated. |
| 5 | -n ā' t u d | alternated, designated, donated, impregnated, reincarnated, stagnated. |
| 4 | -ā' t u d | abrogated, accelerated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, abbreviated, abdicated, accumulated, activated, adjudicated, adulterated, advocated, affiliated, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, alleviated, allocated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assimilated, associated, attenuated, authenticated, automated, backdated, bifurcated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, castigated, castrated, celebrated, circulated, collaborated, commemorated, communicated, compensated, complicated, concentrated, confiscated, congratulated, congregated, consecrated, consolidated, constipated, consummated, contemplated, cooperated, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, crenelated, cultivated, deactivated, debilitated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decorated, degenerated, delegated, deliberated, delineated, demonstrated, denigrated, depreciated, desegregated, deteriorated, devaluated, devastated, deviated, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, interpolated, interrogated, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, inundated, invalidated, investigated, invigorated, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, legislated, levitated, liberated, liquidated, litigated, located, lubricated, disintegrated, dissipated, domesticated, duplicated, educated, elevated, elucidated, emaciated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emulated, encapsulated, enumerated, enunciated, eradicated, escalated, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, eviscerated, exacerbated, exaggerated, exasperated, excavated, excommunicated, excoriated, exhilarated, exonerated, expropriated, extrapolated, extricated, fabricated, facilitated, federated, fixated, flagellated, fluctuated, formulated, frustrated, generated, glaciated, graduated, gravitated, gyrated, hesitated, humiliated, hydrated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, implicated, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, inculcated, indicated, infatuated, infiltrated, infuriated, initiated, innovated, inoculated, instigated, insulated, integrated, mandated, manipulated, masturbated, mediated, medicated, migrated, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, mitigated, moderated, motivated, mutated, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, necessitated, negotiated, nonregulated, obligated, obliterated, officiated, operated, orchestrated, orientated, outdated, overestimated, overregulated, overstated, participated, penetrated, perforated, permeated, perpetrated, perpetuated, pontificated, populated, precipitated, predicated, prefabricated, premeditated, prognosticated, proliferated, promulgated, propagated, punctuated, radiated, reactivated, reallocated, rebated, recalculated, reciprocated, recreated, redecorated, reevaluated, reformulated, refrigerated, regenerated, regulated, rehabilitated, reintegrated, reinvigorated, reiterated, relegated, renegotiated, renovated, repatriated, replicated, repudiated, resuscitated, retaliated, reverberated, rotated, salivated, saturated, segregated, separated, serrated, simulated, situated, sophisticated, speculated, stalemated, stimulated, stipulated, subjugated, substantiated, suffocated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, titillated, tolerated, truncated, unadulterated, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, uncompensated, uncomplicated, unconsolidated, underestimated, understated, undifferentiated, uneducated, unincorporated, uninitiated, unmitigated, unregulated, unsaturated, unsophisticated, unsubstantiated, venerated, ventilated. |
| 3 | -t u d | abstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, abated, abducted, abetted, aborted, accosted, accounted, accredited, acquainted, acquitted, acted, adapted, addicted, adjusted, admitted, adopted, affected, afflicted, affronted, airlifted, alerted, allotted, amounted, annotated, anted, appointed, arrested, assaulted, asserted, assisted, assorted, attempted, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, averted, awaited, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, catapulted, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, circuited, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collected, comforted, commented, committed, commuted, compacted, competed, complemented, completed, complimented, computed, conceited, concerted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, confronted, congested, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consented, consisted, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, contacted, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crested, crusted, darted, dated, daunted, debated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, dehydrated, dejected, deleted, delighted, delisted, demented, demoted, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, deregulated, desecrated, deserted, destructed, detected, detested, detracted, devoted, digested, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, interpreted, interrelated, interrupted, intersected, introverted, invented, inverted, invested, invited, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, lasted, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, listed, looted, lusted, discounted, discredited, disenchanted, disgusted, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, dissented, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, dusted, edited, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elicited, elongated, emitted, enacted, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, equated, erected, erupted, escorted, evicted, exacted, exalted, excepted, excerpted, excited, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhorted, existed, exited, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, extorted, extracted, extradited, extroverted, exulted, faceted, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, flabbergasted, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, gated, gifted, gloated, glutted, grafted, granted, grated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, halfhearted, hallucinated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, hunted, ignited, impacted, imparted, implanted, implemented, imported, imprinted, imputed, incited, indebted, indicted, indited, inducted, infected, infested, inflated, inflected, inflicted, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, injected, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instituted, instructed, insulted, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, manifested, marketed, masted, mated, melted, merited, meted, minted, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, modulated, molested, mounted, multifaceted, muted, nearsighted, negated, neglected, nested, netted, noted, objected, obstructed, omitted, opted, orbited, oriented, ornamented, ousted, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overrepresented, overweighted, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, perfected, permitted, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, polluted, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, predated, predicted, preempted, preexisted, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prohibited, projected, promoted, prompted, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, readjusted, readmitted, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebutted, recanted, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recruited, redacted, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, refitted, reflected, refuted, regimented, regretted, reignited, reinstated, reinstituted, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvited, rejected, related, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, rented, repainted, repeated, repented, replanted, reported, represented, reprinted, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotted, rusted, rutted, sainted, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, selected, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, sited, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sorted, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, started, stated, stilted, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, submitted, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, toasted, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unaffected, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompleted, unconnected, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, undetected, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unstated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, vented, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-f-i-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: fantasied, fasciated, fascinate. | |
-2 letters: antacids, distance, estancia, faciends, fanatics, fanciest, fantasie, fasciate. | |
-3 letters: acedias, acetins, ansated, antacid, caftans, candies, catenas, cineast, decants, defiant, descant, destain, detains, discant, entasia, facades, faciend, fadeins, fainest, fainted, fanatic, fancied, fancies, fasciae, fascine, fiances, incased, infects, instead, naiades, sainted, satanic, scandia, scanted, stained, taenias. | |
-4 letters: acedia, acetin, actins, adnate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-f-i-n-s-t" | |
+2 letters: defalcations. | |
+3 letters: decaffeinates, fantasticated, handicrafters. | |
+4 letters: handicraftsmen. | |
+5 letters: decaffeinations, denazifications. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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