She was very captivating when she performed.
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Captivating
//ˈkæptɪveɪtɪŋ//
Synonyms for "captivating" (90 found)
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Related words (45)
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Synonyms
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2 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 10 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَخَّاذ adj (beautiful)
Catalan
1 entries- captivador adj (beautiful)
Dutch
2 entries- bekoorlijk adj (beautiful)
- boeiend adj (beautiful)
Finnish
2 entries- kiehtova adj (beautiful)
- mukaansatempaava adj (beautiful)
French
4 entries- captivant adj (beautiful)
- fascinant adj (beautiful)
- passionnant adj (beautiful)
- prenant adj (beautiful)
Hindi
1 entries- चित्ताकर्षक adj (beautiful)
Italian
2 entries- accattivante adj (beautiful)
- affascinante adj (beautiful)
Portuguese
4 entries- cativante adj (beautiful)
- encantador adj (beautiful)
- envolvente adj (beautiful)
- fascinante adj (beautiful)
Russian
2 entries- очаровательный adj (beautiful)
- пленительный adj (beautiful)
Spanish
4 entries- arrebatador adj (beautiful)
- captivante adj (beautiful)
- cautivador adj (beautiful)
- cautivante adj (beautiful)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I was up all night reading the captivating book my grandfather gave me.
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He's a captivating speaker.
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Tom is a captivating speaker.
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