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absorbing

[ ab-sawr-bing, -zawr- ]

adjective

  1. extremely interesting; deeply engrossing:

    an absorbing drama.



absorbing

/ -ˈzɔːb-; əbˈsɔːbɪŋ /

adjective

  1. occupying one's interest or attention; engrossing; gripping


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Derived Forms

  • abˈsorbingly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • ab·sorbing·ly adverb
  • nonab·sorbing adjective
  • unab·sorbing adjective
  • unab·sorbing·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of absorbing1

First recorded in 1745–55; absorb + -ing 2

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Example Sentences

He pauses, absorbing the sunshine streaming into his garden.

The central rule of the game is kill or be killed, and playing it is utterly absorbing.

We know that Mockingbird, played by Adrianne Palicki, will be making an appearance, as well as the Absorbing Man.

Wall Street Journal: “[D]eeply researched and totally absorbing[.]”

Her time with Dr. Simpson formed “the happiest and most absorbing years” of her life.

Naturally the conversation fell on the all-absorbing topic of the day and the object of his mission.

Hence if the reader is to be ensnared into absorbing something useful, it must be hidden somehow among the flowers.

So it behooved them to find something absorbing to keep their attention keyed up to the proper pitch.

After that he had nearly forgotten her in his absorbing efforts to keep the right side of his uncle, and entertain Amy.

It has succeeded not in driving out, as I think it has been erroneously held, but in absorbing Buddhism.

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