Usually means: Captivating attention completely; very absorbing.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word engrossing:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. engrossing: Merriam-Webster
  2. engrossing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. engrossing: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. engrossing: Collins English Dictionary
  5. engrossing: Vocabulary.com
  6. Engrossing, engrossing: Wordnik
  7. engrossing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. engrossing: Wiktionary
  9. engrossing: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. engrossing: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. engrossing: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Engrossing, engrossing: Dictionary.com
  13. engrossing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Engrossing (law), Engrossing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Engrossing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. engrossing: Rhymezone
  17. Engrossing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. engrossing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. engrossing: FreeDictionary.org
  20. engrossing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. engrossing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. engrossing: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. engrossing: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. engrossing: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Utterly consuming one's time and attention.
▸ noun:  The act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.

Similar:
absorbing, gripping, riveting, fascinating, interesting, all-consuming, engross'd, overengrossed, engaging, overabsorbed, more...

Opposite:
boring, uninteresting, dull, tedious, monotonous

Phrases:
engrossing hand, more...

Adjectives:
more, less, unnecessary, such, original, sole, vigilant, total, tiring, virtual, present

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Similar:
absorbing, gripping, riveting, fascinating, interesting, all-consuming, engross'd, overengrossed, engaging, overabsorbed, more...

Opposite:
boring, uninteresting, dull, tedious, monotonous

Phrases:
engrossing hand, more...

Adjectives:
more, less, unnecessary, such, original, sole, vigilant, total, tiring, virtual, present



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