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Synonyms for gripping
ˈgrɪp ɪŋgrip·ping
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Princeton's WordNet
absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping, rivetingadjective
capable of arousing and holding the attention
"a fascinating story"
Synonyms:
bewitching, fascinating, absorbing, engrossing, riveting, captivating, entrancing, enchanting, enthrallingAntonyms:
uninteresting
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "gripping":
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #9253 | fascinating | |
| #19926 | absorbing | |
| #24869 | enchanting | |
| #25980 | gripping | |
| #28065 | captivating | |
| #37760 | riveting | |
| #54279 | engrossing | |
| #70275 | enthralling | |
| #85010 | bewitching | |
| #117263 | entrancing |
How to use gripping in a sentence?
Fears are gripping fund managers. They are now reducing stocks and increasing cash to protect their funds, and when fears dominate, you could see some amazing pricings.
It's been a wonderful surprise that kids of all types are fascinated by history, and they do like fast-paced plots and topics that are gripping, i get thronged by these fabulous little boys who have great ideas about a certain battle or detail in my books. And many of them springboard from my book into further research on their own.
It is a remarkable narrative -- gripping and moving -- and not surprisingly, a book that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.
You're free to speculate as you wish about the philosophical and allegorical meaning of the film—and such speculation is one indication that it has succeeded in gripping the audience at a deep level—but I don't want to spell out a verbal road map for 2001 that every viewer will feel obligated to pursue or else fear he's missed the point.
The pseudothumb is definitely more than just a nub, it has both a bone and cartilaginous extension and three distinct muscles that move it. The pseudothumb can wriggle in space and exert an amount of force equivalent to almost half the aye-ayes body weight. So it would be quite useful for gripping.
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