different between engrossing vs pleasurable

engrossing

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?n???o?s??/, /?????o?s??/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /?n?????s??/, /???????s??/

Adjective

engrossing (comparative more engrossing, superlative most engrossing)

  1. Utterly consuming one's time and attention.
    Synonyms: absorbing, fascinating

Translations

Verb

engrossing

  1. present participle of engross

Noun

engrossing (plural engrossings)

  1. The act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.

Anagrams

  • grossening

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pleasurable

English

Etymology

From pleasure +? -able.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?pl?????b?l/

Adjective

pleasurable (comparative more pleasurable, superlative most pleasurable)

  1. That gives pleasure
    The massage was a pleasurable experience.
    • c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
      Planting of orchards is very [] pleasurable.
    • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury:
      At Rome every Pleasurable Female pays a Julio per Week to the Church []

Synonyms

  • (giving pleasure): nice, pleasant, pleasing

Derived terms

Related terms

  • pleasure
  • please

Translations

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