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Verb
(
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Instigating the curiosity or attention of someone
Present participle for to cause someone anxiety or worry
Present participle for keep from happening
Present participle for attack, terrorize
Present participle for to mentally worry or torment
Adjective
Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest
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Verb
▲
(
rare
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Instigating the curiosity or attention of someone
interesting
attracting
appealing to
drawing
engrossing
exciting
fascinating
intriguing
tempting
captivating
entertaining
enthralling
luring
snaring
tantalizing
US
titillating
affecting
amusing
arousing
distracting
engaging
gripping
hooking
perking up
pleasing
pulling
touching
mesmerising
UK
mesmerizing
US
moving
riveting
rivetting
tantalising
UK
turning on
beguiling
bemusing
enchanting
grabbing
immersing
piquing
absorbing
bewitching
floating someone's boat
lighting someone's fire
occupying
sitting up
tickling someone's fancy
arresting
busying
enwrapping
involving
holding
diverting
charming
consuming
monopolizing
US
monopolising
UK
concerning
employing
obsessing
catching up
engulfing
enrapturing
dominating
spellbinding
throwing
possessing
entrancing
fixating
holding your attention
taking up
holding the attention of
taking control of
catching
haunting
filling
hypnotizing
US
transfixing
burying
eating up
hypnotising
UK
tying up
becoming an obsession with
keeping busy
delighting
cheering
overwhelming
bedazzling
committing
capturing
losing
gaining
seizing
fixing
alluring
solacing
magnetizing
US
enmeshing
miring
inspiring
connecting
wrapping
tickling
slaying
soaking
tickle to death
binding
magnetising
UK
holding in awe
holding spellbound
assimilating
attending
knocking dead
impressing
winning
wrapping up
keeping amused
mattering to
whetting one's appetite
catching your eye
arousing curiosity
engaging one's attention
influencing
subjugating
subjecting
enslaving
subduing
using up
absorbing yourself in
throwing yourself into
losing oneself in
getting lost in
troubling
worrying
grabbing the attention of
enticing
killing
wiling
witching
overcoming
devouring
enamouring
plunging
winning over
disturbing
inviting
sweeping off feet
vamping
knocking out
tickling the fancy of
enamoring
putting under a spell
tickling pink
sending
wowing
throwing oneself into
engrossing oneself
concentrating
overburdening
overpowering
drowning
sinking
swamping
eating away at
overloading
devoting
bothering
enlisting
ruling
associating
implicating
embroiling
plaguing
bedeviling
US
tormenting
bedevilling
UK
hounding
using
inculpating
entangling
enveloping
participating
linking
entailing
imputing
utilizing
US
securing
utilising
UK
regaling
besetting
disporting
cornering
hogging
sewing up
becoming lost
upping on
applying
recreating
infatuating
preying on
controlling
harassing
reserving
grasping
comforting
elating
making merry
giving pleasure to
gratifying
humoring
US
cracking up
ecstasizing
indulging
inspiriting
gladdening
enlivening
relaxing
stimulating
humouring
UK
satisfying
having a grip on
preying on your mind
taking over
having a hold on
getting
taking in
adopting
booking
taking
striking
bagging
seducing
ravishing
dazzling
thrilling
rapturing
bowling over
ensnaring
transporting
carrying away
stirring
persuading
leading on
amazing
inveigling
astounding
stupefying
stunning
baiting
awing
aweing
blowing away
rousing
overawing
inflaming
astonishing
teasing
dazing
exhilarating
decoying
flooring
betraying
soliciting
coaxing
intoxicating
staggering
provoking
wooing
inducing
rapping
delectating
catching the eye of
making a hit with
sucking in
electrifying
cajoling
compelling
dumbfounding
overjoying
beckoning
courting
turning someone on
pulling in
steering
whetting the appetite of
appealing
making happy
sweeping someone off their feet
roping in
coming on
bringing in
taking somebody's breath away
contenting
sparking
whetting
wakening
pleasuring
taking aback
leaving speechless
misleading
elevating
entrapping
rejoicing
deluding
stirring up
kindling
blinding
confusing
tricking
quickening
giving someone a thrill
doing it for someone
getting going
grooving
trancing
arriding
fulfilling
ensorcelling
sending into raptures
pleasing greatly
taking someone's breath away
giving someone a kick
going over big
catching hold of
making someone's mouth water
drawing attention
fracturing
striking dumb
taking your breath away
rooting to the spot
giving a buzz
hitting the spot
bewildering
keeping
maintaining
getting someone going
turning one's head
agitating
giving joy to
giving great pleasure to
giving someone a charge
obtaining
picking up
arousing the curiosity of
tickling your fancy
sending into transports
galvanizing
US
charging
scoring
jubilating
exulting
glorying
leading
freaking out
calling
prompting
dragging
training
hitting on
roping
drawing in
palpating
grappling
panicking
knocking 'em dead
getting one's jollies
put ting'em away
breaking one up
endearing
deceiving
trapping
blurring
surprising
eliciting
calling forth
bringing forth
arguing into
bringing around
keeping up
keeping alive
switching on
pumping up
galvanising
UK
inclining
filling with delight
exerting influence on
catching someone's eye
exerting a pull on
giving the come-on to
putting under magic spell
forspeaking
putting the whammy on
voodooing
casting a spell on
putting horns on
mousetrapping
conning
leading astray
tolling
touting
shilling
leading up garden path
getting under someone's skin
owning
petrifying
paralysing
UK
indicating
signing
summoning
demanding
commanding
asking
bidding
having a get-together
nurturing
treating to
laughing it up
partying
tossing a party
giving a party
refreshing
halting
gorgonizing
immobilizing
US
freezing
befooling
besotting
torturing
stopping in your tracks
palsying
rooting
stopping dead
riveting the attention of
paralyzing
US
stopping someone in their tracks
immobilising
UK
sweeping you off your feet
making a fool of
heartening
uplifting
appeasing
mollifying
taunting
warming
firing
interesting greatly
animating
converting
placating
brightening up
making content
bringing joy to
suiting
agreeing with
giving someone pleasure
getting one's kicks
cheering up
making someone feel good
bucking up
warming the cockles of the heart
buoying up
gladding
giving a lift
annoying
thwarting
badgering
beleaguering
pestering
gnawing
frustrating
baffling
harrying
propitiating
conciliating
pacifying
sweetening
assuaging
gentling
keeping someone hanging on
making your mouth water
winding up
flirting with
keeping hanging
putting off guard
urging
winning the affection of
unarming
convincing
disarming
setting at ease
more ❯
“This reflects the fact the subjects other than food have tended to
preoccupy
classical scholars.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause someone anxiety or worry
troubling
bothering
concerning
disconcerting
disturbing
upsetting
worrying
afflicting
agitating
bugging
discomfiting
discomposing
distressing
flustering
haunting
perturbing
vexing
discomforting
disquieting
provoking
rattling
ruffling
unhinging
unnerving
unsettling
flurrying
frazzling
eating away at
getting to
burdening
alarming
occupying
irking
perplexing
trying
galling
ailing
fussing
chafing
paining
dismaying
annoying
distempering
exercising
pothering
puzzling
making anxious
making uneasy
freaking out
gnawing at
weirding out
lying heavy on
making someone scratch their head
occupying thoughts
tormenting
irritating
nagging
grieving
harassing
panicking
abrading
chagrining
goading
nettling
excoriating
peeving
riling
piquing
rankling with
causing anxiety
displeasing
fretting
causing to panic
getting on nerves
more ❯
“The distance between her and Praful would
preoccupy
her mind and make her question her relationship with him.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for keep from happening
forestalling
preventing
precluding
anticipating
obviating
frustrating
hindering
thwarting
averting
intercepting
pre-empting
foiling
heading off
second-guessing
stopping
baulking
UK
balking
US
blocking
checking
helping
parrying
circumventing
delaying
deterring
envisioning
expecting
forecasting
foreseeing
impeding
monopolising
UK
monopolizing
US
obstructing
predicting
preempting
projecting
staving off
fending off
getting ahead of
getting in before
warding off
nipping in the bud
providing against
stealing a march on
beating someone to it
beating someone to the draw
beating someone to the punch
Verb
▲
Present participle for attack, terrorize
preying on
catching
attacking
blackmailing
bleeding
bothering
bugging
bullying
burdening
consuming
depredating
depressing
devouring
distressing
eating
exploiting
extorting
fleecing
haunting
hunting
intimidating
killing
loading
oppressing
plundering
raiding
seizing
taxing
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
troubling
victimising
UK
victimizing
US
weighing
worrying
feeding on
living off
living on
taking advantage of
Verb
▲
Present participle for to mentally worry or torment
haunting
plaguing
obsessing
tormenting
troubling
besetting
disturbing
worrying
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
besieging
burdening
oppressing
beleaguering
possessing
torturing
bugging
recurring
agitating
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
annoying
appalling
bothering
discomfiting
disquieting
gnawing at
harassing
harrowing
hounding
infesting
maddening
nagging at
nettling
preying on
racking
vexing
weighing on
coming back to
weighing heavily on
lying heavy on
staying with
Adjective
▲
Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest
absorbing
captivating
engrossing
fascinating
gripping
interesting
intriguing
riveting
spellbinding
arresting
compelling
engaging
enthralling
enticing
alluring
bewitching
enchanting
seductive
compulsive
consuming
entrancing
exciting
immersing
involving
overwhelming
monopolising
UK
monopolizing
US
thrilling
unputdownable
stimulating
mesmerizing
US
mesmerising
UK
all-consuming
entertaining
hypnotic
beguiling
mesmeric
action-packed
amusing
diverting
irresistible
provoking
obsessing
controlling
very interesting
addictive
distracting
dramatic
devouring
besetting
transfixing
obsessive
strong
ardent
powerful
immoderate
intense
dominating
deep-seated
fervid
exhausting
profound
raging
burning
appealing
striking
provocative
curious
impressive
attention-grabbing
stirring
affecting
thought-provoking
exceptional
noteworthy
refreshing
hypnotising
UK
magnetic
inviting
breathtaking
charismatic
intoxicating
envigorating
UK
galvanising
UK
electrifying
eye-opening
hypnotizing
US
attractive
pleasing
remarkable
tantalising
UK
exhilarating
vivid
electric
delightful
memorable
tantalizing
US
astonishing
eventful
charming
inspiring
splashy
amazing
fine
showy
out of the ordinary
pleasurable
rousing
worthy of note
vibrant
wonderful
unique
marvellous
UK
marvelous
US
fabulous
prepossessing
invigorating
US
wondrous
emphatic
galvanizing
US
magical
moving
meaty
newsworthy
newsy
portentous
relatable
trenchant
topical
unboring
piquant
racy
buzzworthy
spectacular
fresh
pleasant
lively
tempting
colourful
UK
glamorous
colorful
US
winning
glamourous
fetching
agreeable
enjoyable
luring
lovely
arousing
titillating
readable
elfin
eye-catching
witty
beautiful
graphic
fun
dazzling
ravishing
spirited
winsome
suggestive
juicy
desirable
delectable
sensational
lurid
sexy
funny
humorous
scintillating
droll
picturesque
chucklesome
pretty
unusual
viral
comical
hilarious
bonny
likable
US
relaxing
gratifying
taking
romantic
likeable
UK
good
come-hither
shareable
spicy
animated
salacious
sensual
erotic
pornographic
teasing
handsome
nice
cheering
cute
fair
rich
sexually arousing
sexually exciting
stunning
characterful
enrapturing
comely
detailed
wild
evocative
flamboyant
cheerful
clever
gorgeous
side-splitting
priceless
nubile
luscious
sultry
beauteous
fanciable
brilliant
bold
hot
smashing
tasty
gay
spunky
fantastic
sensuous
nice-looking
mysterious
sexual
seducing
adorable
beckoning
bright
dreamy
aesthetic
UK
goodly
sightly
satisfying
exotic
eloquent
seemly
knockout
bonnie
esthetic
US
strange
fit
likely
extraordinary
active
imaginative
effective
well favoured
pulchritudinous
fantastical
outlandish
forceful
highly coloured
well-favored
easy on the eye
as pretty as a picture
bizarro
kinky
challenging
inspirational
mind-blowing
ensational
puzzling
scandalous
scenic
quaint
transporting
heavenly
risqué
sparkling
good-looking
escapist
fantasy
endearing
very exciting
shock-horror
sweet
sirenic
disarming
siren
orphic
graceful
salty
dainty
darling
Orphean
rapturous
saucy
lewd
sexually stimulating
lovable
personable
bootylicious
hunky
totally absorbing
dear
elegant
delicate
adorbs
appetizing
US
appetising
UK
trim
dreamboat
foxy
lovesome
eyeful
dishy
bijou
quixotic
nostalgic
farcical
picture-perfect
drop-dead gorgeous
mouth-watering
to one's liking
full of character
immodest
slinky
indecent
passionate
indelicate
shameless
easy
well-written
worthwhile
ingenious
rewarding
smooth
comic
congenial
recreative
enthusiastic
adventurous
chivalrous
raunchy
coquettish
amorous
flirtatious
steamy
laughable
jocular
facetious
joyful
delicious
happy
festive
full of life
realistic
clear
well written
distinctive
ludicrous
waggish
rib-tickling
mirthful
light-hearted
groovy
cool
tarty
poignant
scream
riot
fun-filled
gas
restorative
vigorous
heated
busy
vivacious
clubbable
great
novel
whimsical
rollicking
gladdening
merry
worth reading
easy to read
lifelike
encouraging
cheeky
heady
different
bizarre
lucid
joshing
wacky
jokey
boffo
gut-busting
sidesplitting
camp
screaming
campy
keen
hectic
frenetic
visual
telling
faithful
unforgettable
authentic
haunting
be a ball
peculiar
sharp
weird
unconventional
extravagant
unfamiliar
off-centre
pictorial
emotive
delineated
distinct
outrageous
energetic
for grins
cut up
flashy
graphical
expressive
eager
formidable
foreign-looking
Bohemian
avant-garde
alternative
theatrical
definite
offbeat
snazzy
gaudy
true-to-life
sharply-etched
true to life
crystal clear
frantic
strenuous
full
out of the common
external
avant garde
extrinsic
extraneous
far out
way out
off the wall
peregrine
from abroad
outside
bright-coloured
too funny for words
intellectual
intelligent
pizazzy
glaring
brightly coloured
fancy
pizzazzy
bling
smart
garish
jazzy
lush
ideal
looking like an explosion in a paint factory
like an explosion in a paint factory
cultured
highbrowed
cultivated
serious
deep
scholarly
heavy
highbrow
sophisticated
heavyweight
learned
literary
classical
intellective
special
majestic
admirable
notable
noticeable
rare
grand
one and only
standout
uncommon
singular
unordinary
golden
glorious
on fleek
out of this world
drawing attention
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