Engrossing

Word ENGROSSING
Character 10
Hyphenation engrossing
Pronunciations /ɛnˈɡɹəʊsɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Engrossing"

What do we mean by engrossing?

Occupying one's complete attention; wholly absorbing. adjective

Capable of holding the attention completely; very interesting. adjective

Present participle of engross verb

Utterly consuming of one's time and attention adjective

Capable of arousing and holding the attention adjective

To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.

To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).

To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.

To completely engage the attention of.

To thicken; to condense.

To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

To amass.

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The word "engrossing" in example sentences

The best they could muster in the way of impeachment was the following: “However unwilling Mr. Morris may be to acknowledge the term engrossing or monopolizing, yet as he did not import the cargo, and did, in partnership with Mr. Sollekoff, get the whole into his possession, we are at a loss to find any other name, though the expedition with which he entered on the sale abates the rigorous sense generally applied to these words.” ❋ Charles Rappleye (2010)

What makes Forbidden Lie$ engrossing is that Broinowski has gained a remarkable level of cooperation from both Khouri and her detractors. ❋ Dan Lybarger (2010)

Indeed, as Om notes, these new features and an upsurge in engrossing new apps could spur mobile data usage to greater [...] ❋ Unknown (2009)

Krakauer chronicles Tillman's riveting, tragic odyssey in engrossing detail highlighting his remarkable character and personality while closely examining the murky, heartbreaking circumstances of his death. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Note to self: The dragon sequence in the Hobbit, though engrossing, is not very practical as a bedtime story ... ❋ Zornhau (2009)

So lovable are the characters and so engrossing is their world that the funny stories become a full-scale cosmic myth without losing the reader along the way. ❋ Unknown (2006)

... engrossing from the first page, and my discomfort turn to fascination as Patterson cranked up a wild ride on a roller coaster of morality, politics and emotions. ❋ Unknown (2000)

On the contary, the second half was strong and engrossing, which is defintely a high point that shaped up the whole movie. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Anselm Kiefer's tragic works carry traces of humor -- Painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer, one of the world's most sought-after contemporary artists, titled his engrossing 2010 New York gallery show "Next Year in Jerusalem," after a traditional Jewish toast. ❋ Chron [email protected] (Kenneth Baker (2012)

Compare the medieval abhorrence of "engrossing" with the modern idea that "combinations in restraint of trade" are wrong. ❋ Hutton Webster (N/A)

Again, an individual marries and without even admitting to himself that his marriage is a failure he gradually shuts himself off from any emotional expression -- protects himself from the married state by sublimating his natural domestic ties, usually in some kind of engrossing work, but often in questionable ways -- by hobbies, speed manias, and excesses of various kinds. ❋ Robert Ezra Park (1926)

[31] Even an attorney, however [according to an old story, which I much fear is a Joe Miller, but which ought to be fact], is not so rigorous as to allow of no latitude, for, having occasion to send a challenge with the stipulation of fighting at twelve paces, upon 'engrossing' this challenge the attorney directed his clerk to add -- 'Twelve paces, be the same more or less.' ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)

The "collective voices" in this "engrossing" film "suggest the country is profoundly war weary after enduring 30 years of strife originating from inside and outside its borders," Stephen Holden wrote in The Times in June. ❋ By DAVE KEHR (2010)

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