English-Thai Dictionary

fascination

N ความหลง ใหล  ความ ดึงดูดใจ  ความ มีเสน่ห์  ความลุ่มหลง  attraction charm enchantment repulsion kwam-long-lai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FASCINATION

n.The act of bewitching or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen inexplicable influence. The ancients speak of two kinds of fascination; one by the look or eye; the other by words. The Turks hang old rags on their fairest horses, to secure them against fascination.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FASCINATION

Fas `ci *na "tion, n. Etym: [L. fascinatio; cf. F. fascination. ]

 

1. The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence. The Turks hang old rags... upon their fairest horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them against fascination. Waller.

 

2. The state or condition of being fascinated.

 

3. That which fascinates; a charm; a spell. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fascination

fas ci na tion |ˌfasəˈnāSHən fæsɪˈneɪʃn | ▶noun the power to fascinate someone; the quality of being fascinating: television has always held a fascination for me. • the state of being fascinated: he had a lifelong fascination with science. usage: The two senses of fascination each take a different preposition. A person has a fascination with something they are very interested in ( her fascination with the royal family ), whereas something interesting holds a fascination for a person ( words have always held a fascination for me ). The Oxford English Corpus shows that the distinction is often blurred today, but it should be maintained in careful writing.

 

Oxford Dictionary

fascination

fas ¦cin |ation |ˌfasɪˈneɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the power to fascinate someone; the quality of being fascinating: television has always held a fascination for me. • the state of being fascinated: he had a lifelong fascination with science. usage: The two senses of fascination each take a different preposition. A person has a fascination with something they are very interested in ( her fascination with the royal family ), whereas something interesting holds a fascination for a person ( words have always held a fascination for me ). The Oxford English Corpus shows that the distinction is often blurred today, but it should be maintained in careful writing.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fascination

fascination noun crime and criminals are topics of endless fascination: interest, preoccupation, passion, obsession, compulsion; allure, lure, charm, attraction, intrigue, appeal, pull, draw.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fascination

fascination noun crime and criminals are topics of endless fascination: interest, preoccupation, passion, obsession, compulsion, captivation, enchantment; allure, lure, allurement; charm, attraction, intrigue, attractiveness, appeal, magnetism, pull, draw. ANTONYMS boredom.

 

French Dictionary

fascination

fascination n. f. nom féminin 1 Action de fasciner. : La fascination du dépaysement. SYNONYME appel ; attrait . 2 figuré Attrait irrésistible. : La musique exerce une grande fascination sur lui. SYNONYME ensorcellement ; envoûtement . Prononciation Les lettres sc se prononcent s, [fasinasjɔ̃ ] Note Orthographique fa sc ination.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fascination

f à s ci n á tion 名詞 1 U 魅了する [される ]こと, 魅せられた状態 ▸ in fascination うっとりして 2 U C 魅力, 魅惑 ▸ I have a fascination for soul music. ≒Soul music has a fascination for me .私はソウルミュージックに夢中だ