Definition of riveting
: having the power to fix the attention : engrossing, fascinating
- a riveting story
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The two sides played to a riveting 2-2 draw back in their Bundesliga meeting in December, with Schalke scoring in the 82nd and 95th minutes to cap a comeback and secure a point.
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With the grit and edge of investigative journalism and the profound heart of a powerful documentary, each episode delivers a riveting look at the faces of change in Black America.
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This riveting film is at once a personal story, a journalistic thriller and an essay on the nature of paranoia.
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The brave and riveting testimony of more than 150 victims against former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar in January led to Nassar receiving a 40-to-175-year prison sentence.
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Those lyrics served as a suitable prologue for the often riveting performance that followed.
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That would be unfortunate, because Taylor’s work, in addition to being often enthralling and riveting, is deceptively accessible.
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Three years later, the Marlins beat the Cleveland Indians in a riveting seventh game of the 1997 World Series, a back-and-forth contest that was not decided until the bottom of the 11th inning.
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But there is good reason to think that the European audiences hearing these riveting performances almost six decades ago found the whole thing enthralling and confounding by turns.
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First Known Use of riveting
1677
riveting Synonyms
Synonyms
absorbing, arresting, consuming, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, fascinating, gripping, immersing, interesting, intriguing, involving;
Antonyms
boring, drab, dry, dull, heavy, monotonous, tedious, uninteresting;
Related Words
breathtaking, electric, electrifying, exciting, exhilarating, galvanizing, inspiring, rousing, stimulating, stirring, thrilling;
emphatic, showy, splashy, striking;
amazing, astonishing, astounding, eventful, eye-opening, fabulous, marvelous (or marvellous), surprising, wonderful, wondrous;
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Definition of riveting for English Language Learners
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: very exciting or interesting
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