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单词 riveting
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riveting

Leo had no need to answer for a voice now blared from the floor riveting everyone's attention.

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riveting

British English: riveting ADJECTIVE
If you describe something as riveting, you mean that it is extremely interesting and exciting, and that it holds your attention completely.
I find snooker riveting though I don't play myself.
  • American English: riveting
  • Brazilian Portuguese: fascinante
  • Chinese: 引人入胜的
  • European Spanish: fascinante
  • French: fascinant
  • German: fesselnd
  • Italian: avvincente
  • Japanese: わくわくするような
  • Korean: 관심을 사로잡는
  • European Portuguese: fascinante
  • Latin American Spanish: fascinante

(adjective) 
Definition
very interesting or exciting
I find snooker riveting.
Synonyms
enthralling
a film with an enthralling storyline and plenty of action
arresting
gripping
a gripping thriller about the hunt for a serial killer
fascinating
Her stories were fascinating.
absorbing
Children will find other exhibits equally absorbing.
captivating
hypnotic
His songs are often both hypnotic and reassurringly pleasant.
engrossing
an engrossing subject for a documentary
spellbinding
He describes these ladies in spellbinding detail.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of absorbing
Children will find other exhibits equally absorbing.
Synonyms
fascinating,
interesting,
engaging,
gripping,
arresting,
compelling,
intriguing,
enticing,
preoccupying,
enchanting,
seductive,
riveting,
captivating,
alluring,
bewitching,
engrossing,
spellbinding
in the sense of engrossing
an engrossing subject for a documentary
Synonyms
absorbing,
interesting,
arresting,
engaging,
gripping,
fascinating,
compelling,
intriguing,
riveting,
captivating,
enthralling
in the sense of fascinating
Her stories were fascinating.
Synonyms
captivating,
engaging,
gripping,
compelling,
intriguing,
very interesting,
irresistible,
enticing,
enchanting,
seductive,
riveting,
alluring,
bewitching,
ravishing,
engrossing

Nearby words of
riveting

  • riven
  • river
  • riveted
  • riveting
  • road
  • roadblock
  • roadside

Synonyms of 'riveting'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of gripping
Definition
very interesting and exciting
a gripping thriller about the hunt for a serial killer
Synonyms
fascinating,
exciting,
thrilling,
entrancing,
compelling,
compulsive,
riveting,
enthralling,
engrossing,
spellbinding,
unputdownable (informal)
in the sense of hypnotic
Definition
having an effect resembling hypnosis
His songs are often both hypnotic and reassurringly pleasant.
Synonyms
mesmerizing,
spellbinding,
mesmeric
in the sense of spellbinding
Definition
so fascinating that nothing else can be thought of
He describes these ladies in spellbinding detail.
Synonyms
fascinating,
exciting,
gripping,
thrilling,
entrancing,
compelling,
compulsive,
riveting,
enthralling,
engrossing,
unputdownable (informal)
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