- fascination
- nounADJECTIVE▪ deep, great▪ particular, peculiar, special▪ certain▪
These two artists share a certain fascination with the female body.
▪ growing▪ continuing, endless, enduring, lifelong, long-standing, ongoing, perennial▪ current▪our current fascination with nationalism
▪ horrified▪I watched in horrified fascination.
▪ morbid, strange, unhealthy▪a morbid fascination with death
▪ public▪the public fascination with crime
VERB + FASCINATION▪ have, hold▪The sea holds a fascination for all children.
▪ develop, feel, find, have▪He had a deep fascination with all types of train.
▪ exert▪These exotic plants exert a fascination all of their own.
▪ share▪She shared his fascination for motorcycles.
PREPOSITION▪ in fascination, with fascination▪She watched in fascination as the cat pounced on the mouse.
▪He looked on in horrified fascination as the ship drew nearer to the rocks.
▪ fascination for▪She developed a fascination for these creatures.
▪ fascination in▪He found great fascination in her quiet, frank manner.
▪ fascination with▪a lifelong fascination with music
PHRASES▪ part of the fascination▪Seeing over a thousand species of fish is part of the fascination of the reef.
▪ a source of fascination for sb, a source of fascination to sb▪His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
