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English
Etymology
From captivate + -ing.
Pronunciation
Adjective
captivating (comparative more captivating, superlative most 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 S. Van Winkle, , →OCLC, page 134:he eye is delighted by a continual succession of small landscapes of captivating loveliness.
Derived terms
Translations
beautiful
- Catalan: captivador
- Dutch: boeiend (nl), bekoorlijk (nl)
- Finnish: kiehtova (fi), mukaansatempaava
- French: captivant (fr) m, passionnant (fr) m, fascinant (fr) m, prenant (fr) m
- Hindi: चित्ताकर्षक (hi) (cittākarṣak)
- Italian: accattivante (it), affascinante (it)
- Portuguese: cativante (pt), fascinante, envolvente, encantador (pt) m
- Spanish: arrebatador (es), cautivador (es), hechizante, embelesador, hechicero (es), captivante (disused), cautivador (es)
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Verb
captivating
- present participle and gerund of captivate