gripping
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3.8
- adjective
- /ˈɡrɪpɪŋ/
:
fascinante
- Her new book is truly gripping; I read it in one sitting.
Even if it's a tragedy, it has to be gripping and compelling and riveting.
- Even if it's a tragedy, it has to be gripping and compelling and riveting.
- The plot of Jaws is very gripping and very simple.
- Like those books were horrifying and full of information and gripping and I loved all of them.
- This has been a gripping, gripping conversation.
- This is one of those books that is it is so terrifying and gripping.
- There was quite a bit of suspense, but it wasn't like super gripping.
Examples
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As we were finishing this, we began to see a story emerge that I could see was very gripping.
Blog text (21) -
This is extremely gripping.
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The stories in this collection are gripping and immediate.
Blog text (10) -
And yet it is absolutely gripping as a page Turner.
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The plot of Jaws is very gripping and very simple.
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The plot is as gripping as it is chilling.
Blog text (6) -
Even if it's a tragedy, it has to be gripping and compelling and riveting.
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It's great, really gripping.
Fiction book (1996) -
One of the most gripping aspects of this story is the manner in which it puts in stark relief one of the principal challenges for Indians and other soldiers of color in Vietnam.
Academic text (2007) -
This is a gripping, brutally honest account of everything from your impoverished childhood in Europe to your success in Hollywood, to your marriage to the late industrialist Maximilian Pierce.
Synonyms
577
2.0
Very interesting in a way that keeps your attention
19
5.6
Makes you unable to stop paying attention
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5.1
So interesting that it holds your full attention
Very interesting and keeps your full attention
Exciting in a way that keeps you wanting to know more
Antonyms
Idioms
How Engaging
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Morphology
Etymology
The word gripping comes from grip, which means 'to hold tightly'. A gripping story is like a strong hand that holds you — it keeps your attention and does not let you look away.