engrossing

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ɛnˈɡɹəʊsɪŋ/(UK)
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/ɛnˈɡɹəʊsɪŋ/(UK) · /ɛŋˈɡɹəʊsɪŋ/(UK) · /ɛnˈɡɹoʊsɪŋ/(US) · /ɛŋˈɡɹoʊsɪŋ/(US)

Definition of engrossing

3 senses · 3 parts of speech

adj

  1. Utterly consuming one's time and attention.
    “an engrossing documentary”
    “The good news about “The Silence” is that it’s engrossing and that, at 83, DeLillo’s syntax is as prickly as ever.”
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adj

  1. Utterly consuming one's time and attention.
    “an engrossing documentary”
    “The good news about “The Silence” is that it’s engrossing and that, at 83, DeLillo’s syntax is as prickly as ever.”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of engross

noun

  1. The act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.

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