engrossing

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈɡɹəʊsɪŋ/, /ɛŋˈɡɹəʊsɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈɡɹoʊsɪŋ/, /ɛŋˈɡɹoʊsɪŋ/

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Adjective

engrossing (comparative more engrossing, superlative most engrossing)

1. Utterly consuming one's time and attention.

   Synonyms: absorbing, fascinating

   an engrossing documentary

   • 2020 October 12, Dwight Garner, “Don DeLillo, an Old Hand at Paranoia and Dread, Meets Us Where We Are”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The good news about “The Silence” is that it’s engrossing and that, at 83, DeLillo’s syntax is as prickly as ever.

Translations

absorbing

• Bulgarian: увлекателен (bg) (uvlekatelen)
• Catalan: absorbent (ca)
• Dutch: volledig inbeslagnemend, geheel doen opgaand, volledig bezighoudend
• Finnish: mukaansatempaava
• French: absorbant (fr), captivant (fr)
• German: fesselnd (de)
• Polish: arcyciekawy (pl), przeciekawy
• Portuguese: absorvente (pt), cativante (pt)
• Spanish: absorbente (es), cautivante
• Turkish: sürükleyici (tr)

Verb

engrossing

1. present participle and gerund of engross

Noun

engrossing (plural engrossings)

1. The act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.

Anagrams

• grossening