captivating
Etymology Pronunciation
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Etymology Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈkæptɪveɪtɪŋ/
- (America) IPA: /ˈkæptɪveɪtɪŋ/, [ˈkæptɪveɪɾɪŋ]
- (Australia) IPA: /ˈkæptɪvæɪtɪŋ/, [ˈkæptɪvæɪɾɪŋ]
captivating
- That captivates; fascinating.
- Showing great beauty; beautiful.
- 1819 July 31, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rural Life in England”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number II, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC ↗, page 134 ↗:
- [T]he eye is delighted by a continual succession of small landscapes of captivating loveliness.
- French: captivant, passionnant, fascinant, prenant
- Italian: accattivante, affascinante
- Portuguese: cativante, fascinante, envolvente, encantador
- Spanish: arrebatador, cautivador, hechizante, embelesador, hechicero
- Present participle and gerund of captivate
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