engaging
Syllables: en·gag·ing/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
engaging adjective: tending to engage attention or interest; engrossing, interesting; enthralling. Also the present participle and gerund of engage.
Adjective
engaging (comparative more engaging, superlative most engaging)
- Tending to engage attention or interest; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
- I found her latest book to be a very engaging read.
- Synonyms:
- absorbing, compelling, engrossing, enthralling, interesting
- Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour.
- The new intern has a bright, engaging personality.
- Synonyms:
- appealing, attractive, sweet
Noun
engaging (countable and uncountable, plural engagings)
- The act of engaging with something; engagement.
- If you dig deeper into the criminal engagings of Hillary Clinton, you might perhaps end up at the Clinton Foundation. Look at what the Clinton foundation actually does with its money (or doesn't do) or even worse, who has donated large sums of money.2016, Andrew Kennedy, Inside the mind of Andrew: Blogs from 2016, page 14
Also used as
engaging is also the present participle and gerund of engage.
engaging meaning in Kannada
engaging in Kannada
- ತೊಡಗಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು
Examples of engaging in a sentence
- Churches should develop a missional posture for engaging in God's mission.
- Monopolies engaging in profit maximization will produce at the quantity where its marginal revenue equals marginal cost.
- Instead of engaging in motivated reasoning, they prefer to see where the evidence leads them.
Synonyms of engaging
Antonyms
Forms of engaging
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more engaging |
| superlative | most engaging |
| Noun | |
| plural | engagings |
Words formed from engaging
Phrases with engaging
Words that rhyme with engaging
Questions about engaging
- What does engaging mean?
- Engaging means tending to engage attention or interest; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
- What is engaging in Kannada?
- Engaging in Kannada is ತೊಡಗಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು. See Engaging meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is engaging?
- Engaging can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce engaging?
- Engaging is pronounced /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/.
Words near engaging in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: engaging (page history and authors); engaging (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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