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[ en-groh-sing ] / ɛnˈgroʊ sɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR engrossing ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefully occupying the mind or attention; absorbing: I'm reading the most engrossing book. Origin of engrossingFirst recorded in 1475–85; engross + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM engrossingen·gross·ing·ly, adverbnon·en·gross·ing, adjectivenon·en·gross·ing·ly, adverbun·en·gross·ing, adjectiveWords nearby engrossingengraver beetle, engraver's trick, engraving, engross, engrossed bill, engrossing, engrossment, engulf, enhalo, enhance, enhanced oil recovery Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for engrossingWith one teacher and six or seven students, those forays are intimate and engrossing learning experiences that don’t translate to much larger groups. College Kids Are Flocking to Outdoor Education Programs|Sara Harrison|September 26, 2020|Outside Online You really were ahead of your time with Twin Peaks—this gritty, engrossing serial TV drama. David Lynch on Transcendental Meditation, ‘Twin Peaks,’ and Collaborating With Kanye West|Marlow Stern|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST The high heel is revolutionary, and evolutionary, as an engrossing Brooklyn Museum show reveals. Up, Up, Up: The Hottest High Heels in History|Lizzie Crocker|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST The show provides an engrossing portrait of those designers and visionaries that made the high heel a symbol of status and sex. Up, Up, Up: The Hottest High Heels in History|Lizzie Crocker|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Netflix prison dramedy, with its binge-baiting release strategy, is engrossing in every sense of word. Inside Orange Is the New Black’s Terrifying Showdown Between Red and Vee|Kevin Fallon|June 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is a human drama quite as engrossing as the story of the grand strategic deception upon which it hangs. Garbo the Spy: Documentary on the Double Agent Who Helped Defeat Hitler|Andrew Roberts|November 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST The question was put for engrossing the bill for a third reading, and carried, there being fifty votes in favor of it. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16)|Thomas Hart Benton By way of compensation, the one engrossing subject of conversation in the neighborhood was the dinner given at Goldfish Villa. Paul and His Dog, v.2 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIV)|Charles Paul de Kock For the next week the camera was the one engrossing thought. About Peggy Saville|Mrs. G. de Horne Vaizey With a pail of sand, a broken lead-pencil and several bits of twig, the baby had concocted an engrossing game. The details of leaving the office so hastily had been too engrossing for thought of Alan and Babs. Beyond the Vanishing Point|Raymond King Cummings
British Dictionary definitions for engrossing
adjectiveso interesting as to occupy one's attention completely; absorbing Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to engrossingintriguing, gripping, fascinating, absorbing, riveting, compelling, enthralling, exciting, stimulating, captivating, consuming, controlling, provoking, monopolizing, preoccupying, obsessing |