different between engaging vs thrilling

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????l??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Verb

thrilling

1. present participle of thrill

Adjective

thrilling (comparative more thrilling, superlative most thrilling)

1. Causing a feeling of sudden excitement.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:exciting

Noun

thrilling (plural thrillings)

1. A thrill.
   • 1912, William Hope Hodgson, The Night Land

     […] my heart told me that she did all be stirred with small thrillings of defiance unto me, and with thrillings of love […]

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English thrilling.

Adjective

thrilling (invariable)

1. thrilling
2. (relational) thriller

Noun

thrilling m (invariable)

1. thriller (film, book etc)
2. thrill