absorbed
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3.6
- adjective
- /əbˈzɔrd/
- He became absorbed in the painting, losing track of everything happening around him.
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Watch on YouTubeI'm really get pretty absorbed into just the story of my book.
- I'm really get pretty absorbed into just the story of my book.
- But human beings get back to their nature rather than being so absorbed by man made things.
- I felt so absorbed and I loved it so much.
- He's got his own great podcast, but he doesn't get absorbed by it.
- But I wanted to add one more by saying how stimulated, absorbed, and frankly moved I was by last night's events.
- Her wanting people to be healthy comes through and you watch it and you learn and you get absorbed into the video.
- Without those facts, sadly, what happens to us in life is that we're completely absorbed and consumed by stories that we've built.
- And it's just you, just you get absorbed into randomness.
Examples
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She reads the letter carefully, absorbed in whatever it says.
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But human beings get back to their nature rather than being so absorbed by man made things.
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And so I found myself really absorbed in what can you do about that?
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I felt so absorbed and I loved it so much.
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Her wanting people to be healthy comes through and you watch it and you learn and you get absorbed into the video.
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But I wanted to add one more by saying how stimulated, absorbed, and frankly moved I was by last night's events.
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I, I think I'm very empathetic and I also get quite absorbed in tasks.
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She was completely absorbed in her book and forgot the time.
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The students were absorbed in the lesson, paying careful attention to every detail.
Synonyms
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2.1
Very interested and unable to stop paying attention
126
3.4
Giving full attention to an activity or idea
84
4.9
Giving full attention to something
55
4.8
Very interested and completely involved in something
29
5.0
Absorbed in thought and not aware of your surroundings
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6.0
Unable to look away because something is very interesting
19
3.9
Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening
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6.9
Very interested and full of wonder, unable to look away
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4.5
Paying all your attention to something because you are very interested
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7.5
Fully focused and very interested in something
10
5.8
Amazed and very happy so you cannot look away
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5.3
Your attention is fixed as if under a spell
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5.2
So interested that you cannot stop watching or listening
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7.2
Full of great joy and wonder
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7.1
Thinking deeply about something else and not noticing what is around you
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6.7
Lost in thought and not paying attention to what is around
1
7.8
Feeling great joy and deep interest
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9.2
Thinking about something all the time and not paying attention
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7.6
Deeply focused on something and not aware of other things
Antonyms
How Absorbed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Absorbed comes from the Latin parts ad- 'to' and sorbere 'to suck in', which gives a simple image: your attention is 'sucked in' like a sponge. That is why someone absorbed in a book gives all their attention to it.