ENRAPTURING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

enrapturing

verb

present participle of enrapture

as in exciting

to fill with great joy enraptured upon learning that he would be attending college on a full sports scholarship

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as in entrancing

to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight) this classic ballet of the Christmas season never fails to enrapture audiences young and old

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Recent Examples of enrapturing When Gundula leaves for a few weeks, Hannes tends the geranium in her absence, with a dedication that proves enrapturing for him, even transformative. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 May 2026 All of this culminates in a stunning sequence set in a rundown hospital, where the majority of the ensemble returns, and is forced into further moral dilemmas under the threat of oblivion, in a race-against-the-clock finale shot in enrapturing long takes. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026 Each of the eight best new artist nominees was given a solo performance slot, but none delivered a set as immersive and enrapturing as Doechii’s. — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 20 Jan. 2026

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Major Wilson, 17, has been around horses most of his life and now spends much of his time helping younger riders get ready, showing them how to saddle their horses without exciting them.

— Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2026
For Harrington and her husband Dante, the thought of triplets was shocking but exciting all the same.

— Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025

Definition of exciting

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The view is equally entrancing in the evenings, when the water is cast in shades of gold and the sails of felucca boats trace a timeless scene on the horizon.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
The film became a staple of late-night television, entrancing viewers like a teenage Howard Ashman.

— Andrew Buss, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of entrancing

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The film’s giddy opening moments fall into a tradition of New York movies that sweep us up, in a disorienting, intoxicating blur, into the city’s after-hours enclaves.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
But manufacturers figured out how to synthetically derive other similar intoxicating products, like delta-8-THC, or just made a big enough product to contain an intoxicating amount of THC.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

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From bizarre medical tests to a mass phobia of beans, here are 14 surprising facts that reveal just how inventive, eccentric, and fascinating the ancient Greeks really were.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
The trailer promises fascinating new characters, like one man who lives on a sailboat for most of the year.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of fascinating

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The space inside is an ever-changing gallery by exhilarating emerging artists, and the open and airy dining room and back bar feel more like a studio than a restaurant.

— Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
Trip isn’t the standout role, but Keery handles the character’s exasperated monologues with panache, turning self-defense and infuriated straight-talk into acts of exhilarating sanity.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhilarating

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Indeed, this crowd-pleasing title currently is enjoying an off-Broadway run that now has eclipsed the original in length.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
The menu leans into crowd-pleasing seafood and vegetable-forward dishes, but pastas and hearty mains like a pork belly with roasted new potato and pane carasau cannot be missed.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of pleasing

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Even the Owens family’s enchanting New England home, which the internet has spent nearly three decades foaming at the mouth over, is barely seen, as much of the film takes place overseas.

— Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026
Practical Magic 2 has Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman enchanting a new generation of fans, but not everyone from the original cast returned for the sequel.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 Sep. 2026

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