engrossing
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ɛnˈɡɹəʊsɪŋ/, /ɛŋˈɡɹəʊsɪŋ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɛnˈɡɹoʊsɪŋ/, /ɛŋˈɡɹoʊsɪŋ/
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Adjective
editengrossing (comparative more engrossing, superlative most engrossing)
- 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
editabsorbing
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Verb
editengrossing
- present participle and gerund of engross
Noun
editengrossing (plural engrossings)
- The act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.