Meanings
comparative more engrossing · superlative most engrossing
- Utterly consuming one's time and attention.
an engrossing documentary
1 more example
The good news about “The Silence” is that it’s engrossing and that, at 83, DeLillo’s syntax is as prickly as ever.
2020 October 12, Dwight Garner, “Don DeLillo, an Old Hand at Paranoia and Dread, Meets Us Where We Are”, in New York TimesSynonyms: absorbing, fascinating
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of engross
plural engrossings
- The act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveUtterly consuming one's time and attention.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecapable of arousing and holding the attention
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian увлекателен
- увлекателен (uvlekatelen)absorbing
Catalan absorbent
- absorbentabsorbing
Czech fascinující, poutavý
- fascinujícíabsorbing
- poutavýabsorbing
- strhujícíabsorbing
Dutch volledig inbeslagnemend, geheel doen opgaand
- volledig inbeslagnemendabsorbing
- geheel doen opgaandabsorbing
- volledig bezighoudendabsorbing
Finnish mukaansatempaava
- mukaansatempaavaabsorbing
French absorbant, captivant
- absorbantabsorbing
- captivantabsorbing
German fesselnd
- fesselndabsorbing
Polish arcyciekawy, przeciekawy
- arcyciekawyabsorbing
- przeciekawyabsorbing
Portuguese absorvente, cativante
- absorventeabsorbing
- cativanteabsorbing
Spanish absorbente, cautivante
- absorbenteabsorbing
- cautivanteabsorbing
Turkish sürükleyici
- sürükleyiciabsorbing
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Cite this entry
engrossing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engrossing
“engrossing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engrossing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “engrossing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engrossing.
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