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captivating

[ kap-tuh-vey-ting ]

adjective

  1. attracting and holding the attention or interest, as by beauty or excellence; enchanting ( def )

    The newly fallen snow turns our real-life world of brown grass and gray skies into a captivating fairyland.



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Other Words From

  • cap·ti·vat·ing·ly adverb
  • un·cap·ti·vat·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of captivating1

First recorded in 1670–80; captivat(e) ( def ) + -ing 2( def )
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Example Sentences

Yet everyone in this encounter is captivated by each other’s words and stories.

While Claire Foy captivated in her two seasons as a young queen adjusting to her duties to the English empire, many viewers concluded earlier installments in anticipation of what was to come.

Sea pickles, for example, captivated a surgeon named Thomas Henry Huxley in 1851, who described the animals as “miniature pillars of fire gleaming out of the dark sea” while onboard the corvette HMS Rattlesnake.

Kravitz, whose maternal grandfather is from the Bahamas and has owned land there for decades, has captivated audiences with his bohemian rock and soul since his 1989 debut, Let Love Rule.

Her power to not only captivate an audience, but to encourage them to think and act, and do more than just simply survive is evident when you learn she’s the reason why everybody’s so “woke” now.

“Drone footage is inherently captivating, so we knew it was going to have a visual value to it,” says Carlucci.

Aside from oil, Russia has two great exports: brilliant, heady novelists and captivating dashboard camera videos.

While Zimbabwe was ordinary, it was also powerfully captivating.

At Le Monde Hotel in central Edinburgh this week, she was still captivating at the age of 66.

But Roitfeld, ever the captivating subject, saves the film from feeling like B-roll.

There was altogether a simplicity and an affectionateness in her every word, look, and gesture, which were really captivating.

An unwonted flush in her cheeks and a brightness in her deep eyes rendered her perfectly captivating.

His eloquence may not be so captivating as that of some men; but it comes up freely, and involves utterances of import.

His ready kindness to every one made him a general favourite; and the lively, captivating Stella and he were special friends.

They called his painting a great art full of style, uniting the sentiment of ideal beauty with a captivating power of expression.

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