engrossing

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adjective

Utterly consuming one's time and attention.

“an engrossing documentary”

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveengrossing (comparative more engrossing, superlative most engrossing)

comparative more engrossing · superlative most engrossing

  1. 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 Times

    Synonyms: absorbing, fascinating

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of engross
nounengrossing (plural engrossings)

plural engrossings

  1. 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
APA

engrossing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engrossing

MLA

“engrossing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engrossing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “engrossing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engrossing.

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