fascinating

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  1. adjective Possessing the power to charm or allure; captivating.

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  • A day at the Metropolitan Museum proved a delight; the shops fascinating--especially Tiffany's, where Blue Bonnet spent hours over shining trays, mysterious designs in monograms, and antique gold settings, leaving an order that quite amazed Grandmother Clyde, until she learned that the purchase was for Uncle Cliff Then there had been a delightful week with the Boston relatives, Aunt Lucinda going straight to Woodford to open the house and make things comfortable for her mother's arrival Cousin Tracy, as on that other memorable visit, had proved an ideal host. —  Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's
  • "Chaste and fair" as Artemis, experimental as the Comte de St. Simon himself, Honoria roamed the world--fascinating yet never quite fascinated, enthusiastic yet evasive, seeking earnestly to live yet too self-centred as yet to be able to recognise in what, after all, consists the heart of living She and Mr. Quayle had met at Aldham Revel during the past winter. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
  • His description of his hunts are fascinating, and will rouse the wild blood in any boy's nature Four days on the Platte, and yet no buffalo! —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
  • They were very fascinating, and in a man's countenance very strange. —  The Brigade Commander
  • It was fascinating, also, as was the great airy room; and she wandered about through the stacks, and gazed at the books, magazines, pictures, maps and bulletin-board in a sort of dream. —  Elsie Marley, Honey
 

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fascinating:   fascinate ·  fascinated ·  fascinates
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