boeiend — meaning in English
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English meaning
- absorbing adj Extremely interesting; holding someone's full attention.
- captivating adj So interesting, charming, or beautiful that it holds someone's full attention.
- exhilarating adjective Extremely exciting and thrilling, often in a way that lifts your mood.
- whatever det Any at all, no matter which; used to show something applies without restriction.
Senses
boeiend is used for these senses in English:
- absorbing Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
- captivating Very beautiful or attractive.
- exhilarating Refreshingly thrilling.
- so what (informal, rhetorical question, impolite) Used to indicate indifference, often as a reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement.
- whatever (colloquial) A holophrastic expression used to dismiss something that the speaker doesn't care about, doesn't think important, or doesn't want to consider or discuss any further. Sometimes conceived as an ellipsis of whatever you say, implying feigned deference: whatever you say [apparently must be true].