engaging

Plural: engagings

Verb

• carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
• consume all of one's attention or time
• engage or hire for work
• ask to represent; of legal counsel
• give to in marriage
• get caught
• carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
• hire for work or assistance
• engage for service under a term of contract
• keep engaged
• present participle and gerund of engage

Adjective Satellite

• attracting or delighting
  • "an engaging frankness"

Adj

• Tending to engage attention or interest; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
• Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour.

Noun

• The act of engaging with something; engagement.

Examples

• I found her latest book to be a very engaging read.
• The new intern has a bright, engaging personality.

Synonyms

absorb, affiance, betroth, charter, employ, engage, engross, enlist, hire, lease, lock, mesh, occupy, operate, piquant, plight, prosecute, pursue, rent, take, wage, absorbing, appealing, attractive, compelling, engrossing, enthralling, interesting, sweet

Antonyms

disengage, fire, boorish, boring, dull, rude, uncivil, uncivilised, unengaging, uninteresting

Anagrams of engaging