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fascinating

/ˈfæsəˌneɪtɪŋ/

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What does fascinating mean?

adjective

  1. Having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of fascinate

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈfæsəˌneɪtɪŋ/

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Her interest was more that of an intent boy playing a fascinating game than of a girl lured by an ornament.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanHerlandProject Gutenberg ebook #32
New worlds of thought, feeling, and ambition, fresh, fascinating fields of unexplored knowledge seemed to be opening out before Anne’s eager eyes.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #45
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But the great legend of the Mediterranean, the legend of traditional song and grave history, lives, fascinating and immortal, in our minds.
Joseph ConradThe Mirror of the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #1058
But he was exactly as fascinating as ever, and they had a lovely spring cleaning in the little house on the tree tops.
J. M. (James Matthew) BarriePeter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy]Project Gutenberg ebook #16
There is perhaps no more fascinating story in the history of science than that of the discovery of these so-called ductless glands.
William, Sir OslerThe Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913Project Gutenberg ebook #1566