enthralling
enthralling adjective: exciting and absorbing. Also the present participle and gerund of enthrall.
Adjective
enthralling (comparative more enthralling, superlative most enthralling)
- 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], chapter I, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 210-211
- 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 triumphantly and never involved her in scrapes like those of actual life.1908 June, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, chapter XXX, in Anne of Green Gables, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, →OCLC
Also used as
enthralling is also the present participle and gerund of enthrall.
Forms of enthralling
| comparative | more enthralling |
|---|---|
| superlative | most enthralling |
Words formed from enthralling
Questions about enthralling
- What does enthralling mean?
- Enthralling means exciting and absorbing.
- What part of speech is enthralling?
- Enthralling is an adjective.
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