fascination
Spell of curiosity
Fascination is intense interest or attraction—the state of being captivated by something.
A subject holds fascination when it commands attention almost involuntarily: She developed a fascination with deep-sea creatures.
The word suggests something compelling, even slightly obsessive: His fascination with true crime worried his mother.
What fascinates often combines curiosity with a hint of the mysterious or forbidden.
Amazement or curiosity
- inquisitivenessEager desire to learn
- inquiryRequest for information
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
discovery · eagerness · intrigue · probing · interest · thirst · puzzlement · investigation
Force between poles
- appealFormal review request
- attractionPull toward something
- captivationState of being fascinated
- enticementSomething that attracts
seduction · charisma · glamour · lure · draw · pull · enchantment · bewitchment
Persistent mental attachment
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
addiction · craving · monomania · engrossment · single-mindedness · absorption · immersion · enthrallment
Supernatural or illusory power
- spellArrange letters correctly
- bewitchmentMagical influence over someone
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- witchcraftPractice of supernatural magic
supernatural · mystical · otherworldly · spellbound · entranced · mesmerized · hypnotized · transfixed
wonder
Amazement or curiosity
- inquisitivenessEager desire to learn
- inquiryRequest for information
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
exploration · discovery · eagerness · intrigue · probing · interest · thirst · puzzlement · investigation · amazement
magnetism
Force between poles
- appealFormal review request
- attractionPull toward something
- captivationState of being fascinated
enticement · seduction · charisma · glamour · lure · draw · pull · enchantment · bewitchment · spellbinding
fixation
Persistent mental attachment
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
mania · addiction · craving · monomania · engrossment · single-mindedness · absorption · immersion · enthrallment · fervor
magic
Supernatural or illusory power
- spellArrange letters correctly
- bewitchmentMagical influence over someone
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
witchcraft · supernatural · mystical · otherworldly · spellbound · entranced · mesmerized · hypnotized · transfixed · captive
- interestinterest rate, compound interest, simple interest, accrued interest, curiosity
- childlike innocenceinnocence, wonder, curiosity, playfulness, imagination
- captivationcaptivation, enthrallment, bewitchment, entrancement, enchantment
- feelingsemotion, feeling, pleasure, joy, anger
- child curiositywonder, questions, why questions, exploration, imagination
- curiosityinquisitiveness, wonder, questioning, inquiry, interest
fascinationboredom
Weary disinterest from monotony
disinterest · indifference · apathy · tedium · ennui
fascinationrepulsion
Disgust or pushing-away force
revulsion · disgust · repugnance · aversion · abhorrence
fascinationrepulsiveness
Quality inspiring strong aversion
distastefulness · offensiveness · unpleasantness · obnoxiousness · disagreeableness
- morbid fascinationAttraction to grisly subjects
- dread fascinationAttraction mixed with horror
- childhood fascinationEarly-age intense interest