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enthralling

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en·thrall  (n-thrôl)
tr.v. en·thralled, en·thrall·ing, en·thralls
1. To hold spellbound; captivate: The magic show enthralled the audience.
2. To enslave.

[Middle English, to put in bondage : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + thrall, slave; see thrall.]

en·thralling·ly adv.
en·thrallment n.

enthralling [ɪnˈθrɔːlɪŋ]
adj
holding the attention completely; fascinating; spellbinding
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.enthralling - capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman"
attractive - pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations"

enthralling
adjective engrossing, charming, gripping, fascinating, entrancing, compelling, intriguing, compulsive, enchanting, riveting, captivating, beguiling, mesmerizing, hypnotizing, spellbinding a film with an enthralling storyline and plenty of action
Translations
enthralling [ɪnˈθrɔːlɪŋ] ADJcautivador, embelesador
enthralling [ɪnˈθrɔːlɪŋ] adj [book, film] → captivant(e); [match, game] → passionnant(e)
enthralling
adjspannend; story alsopackend
enthralling [ɪnˈθrɔːlɪŋ] adjaffascinante, avvincente
enthralling [ɪnˈθrɔːlɪŋ] adjaffascinante, avvincente


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One would think the man was craz'd, with his enthralling looks and pieball'd colours
Lynde vied with each other in preparing for Anne, and he was reading an enthralling tale, in a school library book, of a wonderful hero who seemed blessed with a miraculous faculty for getting into scrapes from which he was usually delivered by an earthquake or a volcanic explosion, which blew him high and dry out of his troubles, landed him in a fortune, and closed the story with proper ECLAT.
After an interval of suspense on my part that was quite enthralling and almost painful, I saw his hand appear on the other side of Miss Skiffins.
 
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