| Main Entry: |
engrossed |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
preoccupied; attentive to |
Synonyms: |
absorbed, all wound up,
assiduous, bugged,
busy, captivated, caught up, caught up in, consumed,
deep,
diligent,
engaged, enthralled,
fascinated, fiend for,
gone*, gripped, head over heels, heavily into, hooked, hung up,
immersed,
industrious,
intent,
into*,
intrigued,
lost, monopolized,
occupied,
rapt, really into, riveted,
sedulous, submerged, taken up with, tied up, turned on, up to here in, wrapped up
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Antonyms: |
bored, disenthralled, disinterested, ignoring, inattentive, oblivious, uncaring, uninterested, unoccupied
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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