The meaning of RIVETING is having the power to fix the attention : engrossing, fascinating. How to use riveting in a sentence.

riveting | American Dictionary riveting adjective us/ˈrɪv·ɪ·t̬ɪŋ/ Add to word listAdd to word list extremely interesting: a riveting TV show (Definition of riveting from the Cambridge Academic …

If you describe something as riveting, you mean that it is extremely interesting and exciting, and that it holds your attention completely. I find snooker riveting though I don't play myself.

Definition of riveting adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Building to fasten with or as if with a rivet or rivets: riveting the wings to the body of the plane. to hold (someone's attention) firmly: Her attention was riveted on the magician.

riveting (adjective) rivet (verb) riveting / ˈ rɪvətɪŋ/ adjective Britannica Dictionary definition of RIVETING [more riveting; most riveting] : very exciting or interesting

Exceptionally captivating, engrossing, or enthralling, capturing one's attention and interest to a remarkable degree. See example sentences, synonyms, and etymology for the adjective riveting.

Riveting is an adjective for things that really draw you in, like a book you read in one sitting or a song you turn up so you can hear every lyric. Beautiful scenes are riveting, but terrible and …

• Perhaps you'd rather stay here and read your riveting book. • This is a riveting but by no means an easy book to read. • Even during recent years of poor health, his outstanding qualities were …

Wholly absorbing or engrossing one's attention; fascinating: a riveting science-fiction novel.