fascination
A very strong interest in something or someone that makes you want to know or see more.
A very strong and often absorbing interest in something or someone.
A special quality that makes something very interesting or attractive to people.
The special quality of something that makes it extremely interesting or attractive to people.
A special power, like magic, that makes a person unable to think or act freely, as if under a spell.
A supposed magical or supernatural power that controls someone’s mind or actions, similar to being under a spell.
- Base: fascination
- Plural: fascination, fascinations
a source of fascination
1thing that causes fascination
Something that makes many people very interested in it.
- The human brain is still a source of fascination for scientists.
- For children, dinosaurs are a constant source of fascination.
an object of fascination
1person/thing people are fascinated by
A person or thing that many people are very interested in.
- The royal family is an object of fascination for the media.
- For decades, Mars has been an object of fascination for astronomers.
have a fascination for
1have a strong liking or interest
To really like something and be very interested in it.
- He has a fascination for classic cars.
- People around the world have a fascination for celebrity lives.
have a fascination with
1possess a strong interest in something
To be very, very interested in something, often for a long time.
- She has a fascination with languages and loves learning new ones.
- Many teenagers have a fascination with horror movies.
hold a fascination for
1strongly attract someone’s interest
If something holds a fascination for you, it is very interesting to you.
- The sea has always held a fascination for her.
- Ancient ruins hold a fascination for many visitors.
the fascination of
1the special attraction of something
The special thing that makes something very interesting or attractive.
- The fascination of travel is discovering new places.
- The fascination of this game is how simple but deep it is.
morbid fascination
1unhealthy attraction to dark subjects
A very strong and strange feeling of being drawn to death, disaster, or other very dark things.
- He watched the crime documentary with a kind of morbid fascination.
- The public’s morbid fascination with serial killers keeps these shows popular.
- Many people feel a morbid fascination with stories about disasters.
- He feels a morbid fascination with abandoned hospitals and graveyards.
- The documentary explores our morbid fascination with human suffering.