- present participle of captivate.
captivating
- absorbing adj.
- adorable adj.
- alluring adj.
- attractive adj.
- bewitching adj.
- delightful adj.
- enchanting adj.
- endearing adj.
- engaging adj.
- engrossing adj.
- entertaining adj.
- enthralling adj.
- enticing adj.
- fascinating adj.
- fetching adj.
- glamorous adj.
- gripping adj.
- interesting adj.
- intriguing adj.
- inveigling adj.
- lovable adj.
- lovely adj.
- luring adj.
- magnetic adj.
- prepossessing adj.
- quaint adj.
- ravishing adj.
- riveting adj.
- seductive adj.
- taking adj.
- thought-provoking adj.
- winning/winsome adj.
- winsome adj.
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Jude Bellingham: Did not hit the heights of his captivating display in Croatia but still oozed class whenever in possession.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Alcaraz is tennis’s most captivating theater, a riveting positivity rocket of shot-making and court coverage who never seems to be out of any point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Well, we have a few good examples: people like Zohran Mamdani, Abdul El-Sayed, AOC, who are really captivating.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
A quietly captivating Willem Dafoe plays Ed Saxberger, a New York post office veteran of 37 years in a seemingly satisfying if decidedly low-key existence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“We need to keep it creepy, but charismatic creepy. Whoever our Dracu-lass ends up being, she needs to be just as captivating as Bela Lugosi.”
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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