absorbing

Speech parts

1. absorbing - Adjective

2. absorbing - Verb

4. absorbing - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Absorb

Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fascinating engrossing gripping riveting engaging consuming charming absorbent alluring enchanting enticing mesmerizing enthralling bewitching compelling
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Antonyms

hackney male DRY ordinary reflecting pedestrian
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Phrases with the word

water-absorbing absorbing capacity all-absorbing absorbing power panel absorbing the sun's rays water-absorbing cotton

Examples

Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can't take it in all at once. Audrey Hepburn

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. Albert Einstein

Life without absorbing occupation is hell; joy consists in forgetting life. Elbert Hubbard

Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject of absorbing interest to mankind through the ages. William J. Brennan

In the hands of Science and indomitable energy, results the most gigantic and absorbing may be wrought out by skilful combinations of acknowledged data and the simplest means. George Biddell Airy

Wherever we can multiply our forces and our civilizational efforts, absorbing other elements, no law can prohibit us from doing so, as such actions are our duty. Roman Dmowski

Close letter words and terms

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