riveting
pronunciation
How to pronounce riveting in British English:
UK [ˈrɪvɪtɪŋ]
How to pronounce riveting in American English:
US [ˈrɪvɪtɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- capable of arousing and holding the attention
Word Origin
- riveting (adj.)
- "commanding attention," 1854, present participle adjective from rivet (v.). Related: Rivetingly.
Example
- 1. To my amazement , I found it riveting .
- 2. I hope our program is riveting .
- 3. You can watch the last six minutes of that approach on youtube , and they are riveting .
- 4. This riveting story is told in 2008 's lenin 's brain and other tales from the secret soviet archives .
- 5. The race looks like a harbinger of the next presidential election , though the campaigning had focused mainly on such riveting issues as mass-transit systems .