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- shell collecting can be so absorbing that you don't notice the tide coming in
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- boring,
- drab,
- dry,
- dull,
- heavy,
- monotonous,
- tedious,
- uninteresting
absorbing
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of absorbing (Entry 2 of 2)
- most of the spilled water was absorbed by the tablecloth
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- chatting on the phone doesn't absorb me so much that I can't do something else at the same time
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- local schools will seek to absorb the new immigrants into the regular curriculum as quickly as possible
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- cleaning the house absorbed the rest of his energy
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- somehow she managed to absorb whatever hardships life offered
Synonyms for absorbing
- abiding,
- accepting,
- bearing,
- biding
- [chiefly dialect],
- brooking,
- countenancing,
- enduring,
- going,
- hacking,
- handling,
- meeting,
- pocketing,
- standing,
- sticking out,
- stomaching,
- supporting,
- sustaining,
- sweating out,
- taking,
- tolerating,
- wearing
- [British]
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“Absorbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absorbing. Accessed 25 May. 2022.
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The first known use of absorbing was in 1806
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