enthralling

exciting and absorbing

Adjective

  1. exciting and absorbing
    • The Abbess had not miscalculated the effect of the yesterday's ceremony—she knew it was not binding, but its influence as a religious obligation was enthralling to a degree. - 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon],...
    • Glittering castles in Spain were shaping themselves out of the mists and rainbows of her lively fancy; adventures wonderful and enthralling were happening to her in cloudland—adventures that always turned out...
    • Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter. - 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty,...

Forms

more enthralling most enthralling

Derived

enthrallingly unenthralling

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of enthrall