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    captivating
    /ˈkaptɪveɪtɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. capable of attracting and holding interest; charming: "a captivating smile"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCAPTIVATING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Captivating means holding your attention by being extremely interesting, exciting, pleasant, or attractive. Learn how to use this adjective with sentences and synonyms from Cambridge Dictionary.

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  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › captivatingCaptivating Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Learn the meaning of captivating, an adjective that describes something or someone that is charmingly or irresistibly appealing. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCAPTIVATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    to hold the attention of someone by being extremely interesting, exciting, pleasant, or attractive: With her beauty and charm, she captivated film audiences everywhere. Synonyms. beguile literary. bewitch. capture. charm. enchant. entrance literary. fascinate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Attracting and tempting. affinity. allure.

  6. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › captivateCaptivate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Learn the meaning of captivate, a verb that means to influence and dominate by some special charm, art, or trait and with an irresistible appeal. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for captivate.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › captivatingCAPTIVATING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Captivating definition: attracting and holding the attention or interest, as by beauty or excellence; enchanting The newly fallen snow turns our real-life world of brown grass and gray skies into a captivating fairyland.. See examples of CAPTIVATING used in a sentence.

  8. www.dictionary.com › browse › captivateCAPTIVATE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him. Synonyms: charm, bewitch, fascinate. Obsolete. to capture; subjugate. Synonyms: subdue. captivate. / ˈkæptɪˌveɪt / verb. to hold the attention of by fascinating; enchant. an obsolete word for capture. Discover More.

  9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › captivatingCaptivating - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    The adjective captivating describes something that's completely enthralling and holds your attention. You might find a marathon of episodes of a TV show so captivating that you forget to eat dinner. When people are captivating, they're often very intelligent, attractive, charming, or otherwise fascinating.