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1. gripping

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Usually means: Captivating attention, arousing intense interest.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word gripping:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. gripping: Merriam-Webster
  2. gripping: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gripping: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gripping: Vocabulary.com
  5. Gripping, gripping: Wordnik
  6. gripping: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. gripping: Wiktionary
  8. gripping: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. gripping: Dictionary.com
  10. gripping: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. gripping: Rhymezone
  12. gripping: FreeDictionary.org
  13. gripping: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. gripping: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. gripping: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. gripping: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gripping: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gripping: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gripping: Idioms

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  1. gripping: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Which catches someone's attention; exciting
▸ noun:  The act of forming a grip.
▸ noun:  Obsolete form of griping (“pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines”). [Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; gripe.]

Similar:
riveting, absorbing, fascinating, engrossing, interesting, grabby, eye-catching, enthralling, sensational, thrilling, more...

Opposite:
uninteresting, boring, dull

Types:
dry, wet, vacuum, suction, pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, more...

Phrases:
on the gripping hand, The Gripping Hand, heavy gripping tool, a device for gripping an object, gripping story, more...

Adjectives:
more, forceful, less, tight, repetitive, better, firm, easier, strong, proper, mechanical

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Similar:
riveting, absorbing, fascinating, engrossing, interesting, grabby, eye-catching, enthralling, sensational, thrilling, more...

Opposite:
uninteresting, boring, dull

Types:
dry, wet, vacuum, suction, pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, more...

Phrases:
on the gripping hand, The Gripping Hand, heavy gripping tool, a device for gripping an object, gripping story, gripping onto something, gripping power, gripping hair, gripping tool, more...

Adjectives:
more, forceful, less, tight, repetitive, better, firm, easier, strong, proper, mechanical

Colors:
    charcoal,     crimson,     midnight blue,     electric blue,     blood red, more...



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