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engrossing::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | absorbing, fascinating, gripping, riveting |
Examples of engrossing
engrossing
The film is an engrossing mystery told on two timelines and a tragic love story.
From the kansas.com
The more strenuously action-packed the story becomes, the less engrossing it is.
From the guardian.co.uk
The ingenuity of the newer choreography proved especially engrossing last night.
From the dispatch.com
The Artist is an engrossing, well-acted, well-directed, beautifully scored film.
From the economist.com
That's the question Reinhart and Rogoff seek to answer in this engrossing volume.
From the bloomberg.com
There was little doubt Daniels could make an engrossing film, a provocative work.
From the denverpost.com
Roughly an hour later, it was like I was leaving a thoroughly engrossing movie.
From the avc.com
She added still another chapter to her family's endlessly engrossing narrative.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
They'll be in it for the plot, which is big, engrossing, and runs like clockwork.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Absorbing: capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story"
- (engross) steep: devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"
- (engross) absorb: consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
- (engrossed) captive: giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"
- (engrossed) written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document
- (engrossment) concentration: complete attention; intense mental effort
- Engrossing, forestalling and regrating were marketing offences in English common law. The terms were used to describe unacceptable methods of influencing the market, sometimes by creating a local monopoly for a certain good, usually food. ...
- (Engrossed) Penmanship or handwriting is the art of writing with the hand and a writing instrument. Styles of handwriting are also called hands or scripts.
- Utterly consuming of one's time and attention
