captivating

That captivates; fascinating.

Adjective

  1. That captivates; fascinating.
  2. Very beautiful or attractive.
    • [T]he eye is delighted by a continual succession of small landscapes of captivating loveliness. - 1819 July 31, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rural Life in England”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey...

Origin

Etymology tree English captivate Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English captivating From captivate + -ing.

Forms

more captivating most captivating

Derived

captivatingly uncaptivating

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of captivate