absorbing

/əbˈzɔːrbɪŋ/
adjective
  1. Very interesting and holding your full attention.
    • The lecture was absorbing, and nobody checked their phones.
    • I found the documentary about space so absorbing that I watched it twice.
    • She wrote an absorbing novel that kept me reading all night.
Antonyms
noun
  1. The process of taking in liquid, gas, or energy.
    • The absorbing of sound by foam panels makes the room quieter.
    • The absorbing of water by the sponge happened very quickly.
    • Plants use the absorbing of sunlight to make food through photosynthesis.
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