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engrossing

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɛnˈɡɹəʊsɪŋ/ / /ɛŋˈɡɹəʊsɪŋ/ / /ɛnˈɡɹoʊsɪŋ/

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.

noun

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

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of engross