Yes, the word 'fascinating' is the past participle, past tense of the verb to fascinate. The past participle of the verb also functions as an adjective and a verbal nouncalled a gerund.
Examples:
The way he tells the story is fascinating the children. (verb)
She has a fascinating idea for a movie plot. (adjective)
I would describe it as fascinating. (noun)
The word fascination is a noun, a singular, common, abstract noun; a word for a feeling of intense interest in something.
The noun forms of the verb to fascinate are fascinationand the gerund, fascinating.
The word fascinating is the present participle, present tense of the verb to fascinate.The abstract noun forms for the verb to fascinate are fascination and the gerund, fascinating.
Wonder is a noun and a verb.NounAWE, admiration, fascination; surprise, astonishment, amazement.She was speechless with wonder.VerbPONDER, think about, meditate on, reflect on,be curious about.I wondered what was on her mind.
People thought his fascination with the macabre made him seem like a ghoul. The word ghoul is used as a noun.
The word interesting is the adjective form of the noun interest and the verb to interest. The related adverb form is interestingly.
The word "fascinating" is actually an adjective, not an abstract noun. It describes something that captures interest or attention. An example of an abstract noun related to this adjective would be "fascination," which refers to the state of being fascinated.
Emily has a fascination with constellations.
Fascination Records was created in 2006.
Physical Fascination was created in 1991.
Fascination was released on 01/28/2005.
The Production Budget for Fascination was $5,000,000.