English Dictionary

dread fascination

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A malignant supernatural influence produced by the evil eye. / A response to something characterized by staring, an inability to move or intervene, and feelings of dread.

日本語の意味

邪眼などによって引き起こされる、悪意ある超自然的影響による呪われた魅力 / 恐怖に支配され、じっと見つめ、動けなくなるなどの状態に伴う、畏怖と抗えない魅力や引き寄せられる感情

Many avoided the painting, fearing its dread fascination would curse anyone who stared too long.

多くの人はその絵を避け、邪視の悪影響が長く見つめた者に呪いをかけることを恐れていた。

意味（1）

A malignant supernatural influence produced by the evil eye.

Fair was Eutelidas once, with his beautiful hair, But admiring his face in the stream, on himself he inflicted A dread fascination, and wasted away with disease.

意味（2）

A response to something characterized by staring, an inability to move or intervene, and feelings of dread.

Her heart beat so fast that it nearly stified her; she stared in dread fascination at that spectral figure, which was Hugo and yet which was not Hugo, for the face was pale and transparent, the eyes shone strangely — he looked altogether unearthly.

意味（3）

An obsessive interest in something that evokes feelings of fear or that hurts the person with the interest.

In Cincinnati, in Boston, and wherever he has been he has secured the sympathy of the best portion of the community, and has been the means of rescuing thousands from the dread fascinations of this modern Circe.

dread fascinations （ plural ）