Fascinating means so interesting that you cannot pull your attention away. A fascinating book, absolutely fascinating, fascinating detail.
It is one of the strongest words of interest English has, which is why it wears out fast — used of everything, it means very little. In British speech, how fascinating said flatly is a way of ending a conversation. Note fascinate, the verb; fascination, the noun; and that fascinating and fascinated follow the same -ing and -ed pattern as boring and bored.
1adjectivefascinatingSo interesting you cannot look away.
“The museum has a fascinating collection of old clocks.”
synonyms: gripping, absorbing
fascinating is a quality of holding attention.
Practised in Sharper Adjectives