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Definition of absorbing : 1. of Absorb
2. Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit.

Synonyms:

entrancing, consuming, bewitching, engrossing, fascinating, enchanting, excite, enthralling, riveting, gripping, interesting, captivating

gleaning, studying, assimilating, grasping, learning, digesting, understanding, discovering, realizing, mastering, reading, comprehending

eating, acquiring, ingesting, gulping, admitting, accessing, inspiring, gobbling, pocketing, receiving, swallowing, taking, devouring, getting, engorging, accepting, inhaling

Usage examples:

• Try as I might to keep my thoughts from the one absorbing topic by dwelling upon the plans for the future, the effort was useless. - "The House by the Lock", C. N. Williamson.
• She looked like one praying in the intense silence of absorbing devotion. - "David Elginbrod", George MacDonald.
• Right then I was ready to call it an absorbing and instructive evening and get to bed. - "Somewhere in Red Gap", Harry Leon Wilson.