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fascination
What does fascination mean?
fascination (noun): the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror).
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use fascination in a sentence?
- What is your fascination with this? (Tatoeba sentence #6713176 by Eccles17, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce fascination?
/ˌfæsəˈneɪʃən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Words related to fascination
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)
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the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
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a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
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the act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation
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