FASCINATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fascinated mean? 

• FASCINATED (adjective)
  The adjective FASCINATED has 1 sense:

1. having your attention fixated as though by a spell

  Familiarity information: FASCINATED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FASCINATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having your attention fixated as though by a spell

Synonyms:

fascinated; hypnotised; hypnotized; mesmerised; mesmerized; spell-bound; spellbound; transfixed

Similar:

enchanted (influenced as by charms or incantations)

 Context examples 

Here I am in the playground, with my eye still fascinated by him, though I can't see him.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

This tilted plate fascinated her. Why did it not fall down? It was ridiculous.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

They formed the background of the picture, and were all looking out with eager interest at the same scene which fascinated and bewildered us.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But when Roland got home, he fell into the snares of another, who so fascinated him that he forgot the maiden.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Returning, I had to cross before the looking- glass; my fascinated glance involuntarily explored the depth it revealed.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I was fascinated by the fascinated look he bent upon Maud.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He had never heard of conjugation, and was fascinated by the glimpse he was catching into the tie-ribs of language.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It fascinated him, and he grew suddenly fond of this subtle flesh of his that worked so beautifully and smoothly and delicately.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I remember that he frightened as well as fascinated me with his talk of battles, and I can recall as if it were yesterday the horror with which I gazed upon a spot of blood upon his shirt ruffle, which had come, as I have no doubt, from a mischance in shaving.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

During one of the brief calls he made, he artfully led the conversation to music, and talked away about great singers whom he had seen, fine organs he had heard, and told such charming anecdotes that Beth found it impossible to stay in her distant corner, but crept nearer and nearer, as if fascinated.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)