different between engaging vs talkable

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??e?d????/, /????e?d????/
• Rhymes: -e?d???
• Hyphenation: en?gag?ing

Adjective

engaging (comparative more engaging, superlative most engaging)

1. That engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.

   I found the first of the Harry Potter books a very engaging read.

2. Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour.

   Beauty, of course, and a bright, engaging personality — or at least the ability to fake one — are prerequisites for entering the Miss World competition.

Synonyms

• (that engages the attention): absorbing, compelling, engrossing, enthralling, interesting
• (charming): appealing, attractive, sweet

Antonyms

• (that engages the attention): boring, dull, unengaging, uninteresting
• (charming): boorish, rude, uncivil, uncivilised

Derived terms

• engagingness
• unengaging

Translations

Verb

engaging

1. present participle of engage

English

Etymology

talk +? -able

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k?b?l

Adjective

talkable (comparative more talkable, superlative most talkable)

1. Capable of being talked (to or about) (construed with a preposition).
2. Capable of offering engaging conversation.
   • 1861, George Wilson, Sir Archibald Geikie, Memoir of Edward Forbes

     There are no talkable people within ten miles, except a coast-guard officer, and a pleasant parson, three miles off.

Antonyms

• untalkable