engaging

engaging
adj
1. pleasing, delightful, enjoyable; charming, attractive, appealing, Inf. fetching, Inf. eyecatching; winning, taking, winsome; sweet, agreeable, likeable; lovely, pretty, fair, handsome, prepossessing, beautiful, exquisite; graceful, elegant, refined.
2. enticing, alluring, tempting, tantalizing, titillating; intriguing, diverting, beguiling, inducing, provocative, seductive, arousing; irresistible, magnetizing, electrifying, captivating, inflaming; fascinating, catching, hypnotizing, mesmerizing; enchanting, bewitching, entrancing, enthralling, enrapturing.

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  • Engaging — En*ga ging, a. Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address. {En*ga ging*ly}, adv. {En*ga ging*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] {Engaging and disengaging gear} or {Engaging and disengaging machinery}, that in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • engaging — engaging; un·engaging; …   English syllables

  • engaging — index attractive, sapid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • engaging — “interesting,” 1650s (implied in engagingly), prp. adj. from ENGAGE (Cf. engage) …   Etymology dictionary

  • engaging — *sweet, winning, winsome, dulcet Analogous words: alluring, attractive, enchanting, charming, captivating (see under ATTRACT vb): interesting, intriguing Antonyms: loathsome …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • engaging — [adj] charming agreeable, alluring, appealing, attractive, bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enticing, entrancing, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, interesting, intriguing, inviting, likable, lovable, magnetic, mesmeric, pleasant, pleasing,… …   New thesaurus

  • engaging — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ charming and attractive. DERIVATIVES engagingly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • engaging — [en gājiŋ] adj. attractive; pleasant; winning; charming engagingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • Engaging — Engage En*gage , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Engaging}.] [F. engager; pref. en (L. in) + gage pledge, pawn. See {Gage}.] 1. To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • engaging — [[t]ɪnge͟ɪʤɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED An engaging person or thing is pleasant, interesting, and entertaining. ...one of her most engaging and least known novels... He was engaging company …   English dictionary

  • engaging — adjective 1) an engaging young person Syn: charming, appealing, attractive, pretty, delightful, lovely, pleasing, pleasant, agreeable, likable, winsome, enchanting, captivating Ant: unappealing …   Thesaurus of popular words

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