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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
fascinated
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He was fascinated to discover that they had both been born in the same town on the same day.
▪ I was fascinated by her stories of her childhood in Africa.
▪ She watched, fascinated, as the bird came closer until she could almost touch it.
▪ The more I heard about him, the more fascinated I became.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As the pace began to quicken and the complicated threads of the chant began to rise Rincewind found himself watching fascinated.
▪ In general, owners seem fascinated by the number of stitches their pets have after surgery.
▪ Meg watched, fascinated and horrified, as he probed inside the animal, the blood dark on his fingers.
▪ My interest - my fascinated, horrified interest - was centred on a great bench to one side of the room.
▪ Pupils can become fascinated by mathematical contradictions and absurdities and are motivated by mathematical activity itself.
▪ She glanced round: only the Doctor had avoided displaying an expression of fascinated disgust.
▪ Tess listened like a fascinated bird.
▪ They stood in fascinated awe as the immense panelled surface slid past.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
fascinated

fascinated \fascinated\ adj.

  1. having the attention fixed by a sense of wonder.

    Syn: hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized, mesmerised, spellbound, transfixed.

  2. intensely interested in or attracted by; as, I'm very interested in birds; in fact I'm fascinated by them.

Wiktionary
fascinated

vb. (en-past of: fascinate)

WordNet
fascinated
  1. adj. having your attention fixated as though by a spell [syn: hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized, mesmerised, spellbound, transfixed]

  2. intensely interested in or attracted by; "I'm very interested in birds; in fact I'm fascinated by them"

Wikipedia
Fascinated

"Fascinated" is a hit 1987 song by the dance-pop/ Hi-NRG/ freestyle / synthpop musical girl group Company B. It was the first single released off their self-titled album in early 1987. It was written and produced by Ish Ledesma, mixed by Ciro llerenea and Randy Miller and released by Atlantic Records.

The song topped the Billboard dance chart in the U.S. in March 1987 and remained there for four weeks. Soon after, the single was picked up by Top 40 radio, and it charted on the Billboard Hot 100 spending eight weeks in the Top 40 in May and June 1987, peaking at #21. It became Company B's most successful hit single in the U.S. and is one of the first Freestyle music songs to enter the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Fascinated" has been covered by other club dance recording artists, such as Lisa B, the American-born singer Suzanne Palmer, the Canadian-born singer Emjay, and Nigerian-born singer Carol Jiani.

Fascinated (Ivy song)

"Fascinated" is a song recorded by American indie rock band Ivy. It was released as the second single from their sixth studio album, All Hours (2011). It was issued in the United States on July 26, 2011 as a digital download by Nettwerk. The single was written and produced by Adam Schlesinger and Andy Chase.

Usage examples of "fascinated".

Too fascinated with his plate of appetizers, the scientist remained seated.

Biagio loosened his grip on her chin and gently brushed her cheek, fascinated by her.

He took a package of paper matches from his breast pocket and looked at them, guilty and fascinated and excited.

The Judge watched it, fascinated, the red thermos cup stopped dead halfway between the table and his mouth.

Any marvel of the physical world interested Buddy, and this squat mystery tossing him to and fro absolutely fascinated him.

I was fascinated by the spectacle, but it merely put Lower into an ill humor.

I was at first fascinated, as I pulled up the leather to peer out of the coach window, but this amazement turned to disgust as I perceived the shocking meanness of life in such a place.

Short and already tending to a certain roundness in the belly, with bright, sparkling eyes which twinkled readily with amusement, and an engaging manner of leaning forward in his seat which gave the impression of fascinated attention when you spoke, he was a charming companion.

Prestcott talks of this man, and how his voice fascinated and soothed, so that those he spoke to almost fell into a dream of tranquillity and obeyed his every command.

I told him everything I knew about Sarah, everything I have put in this manuscript and very much more, for he was fascinated by her conversation and wished to hear every word she had ever uttered.

He sat, fascinated by the details of the work, then realized the magician was staring at him.

He was also fascinated by tales of the elves, but to nowhere near the degree Tomas was.

Pug was still young enough to think the whole thing silly, but old enough to be fascinated by it.

Pug was fascinated by the Elf Prince and was flattered so many things he said seemed to be of interest to Calin.

She seemed utterly fascinated by the prospect of finding out if the tale was true.