fascinating

fascinating
adj.
VERBS
be, look, prove, sound

His testimony in court could prove fascinating.

become
seem

It just seemed really fascinating to me.

make sth
find sth
ADVERB
deeply, especially, incredibly, most (esp. BrE), particularly, really, terribly (esp. BrE), truly, very

a most fascinating book

‘This is all very fascinating,’ said Wilcox,‘but I have a meeting in five minutes.’

absolutely, quite, utterly
pretty, rather

I find him rather fascinating.

endlessly

I find the natural world endlessly fascinating.

oddly, strangely
equally

Renoir's later life is equally fascinating.

PREPOSITION
to

What was fascinating to me was the way the creatures moved.

Fascinating is used with these nouns: ↑account, ↑array, ↑article, ↑aspect, ↑book, ↑collection, ↑conversation, ↑country, ↑detail, ↑discovery, ↑discussion, ↑example, ↑exercise, ↑glimpse, ↑history, ↑insight, ↑lecture, ↑material, ↑mix, ↑mixture, ↑museum, ↑phenomenon, ↑read, ↑reading, ↑story, ↑subject, ↑tale, ↑variety, ↑work

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