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faszinieren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • captivate verb To make (a person, an animal, etc.) a captive; to take prisoner; to capture, to subdue.
  • dazzle verb To temporarily blind or confuse someone's vision with an intense light.
  • fascinate verb To hold someone's intense interest or attraction.
  • intrigue noun A secret plot or scheme, often involving deception.
  • mesmerize verb To hold someone's attention so completely that they cannot look away or think about anything else.

Senses

faszinieren is used for these senses in English:

  • captivate (figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.
  • dazzle (transitive, figuratively) To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.
  • fascinate To be irresistibly charming or attractive to.
  • intrigue (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
  • mesmerize To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism.

captivate — full definition

  1. verb To make (a person, an animal, etc.) a captive; to take prisoner; to capture, to subdue.
  2. verb To capture or control (the mind, etc.); to subdue, to subjugate.
  3. verb To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.

dazzle — full definition

  1. verb To temporarily blind or confuse someone's vision with an intense light.
  2. verb To impress someone so much with skill, brilliance, or style that they can barely think straight.
  3. noun Impressive, showy brilliance.

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