engrossed
14
4.5
- adjective
- /ɪnˈɡroʊst/
- Pam went over to talk to them to find out why they were not dressing out, and she became so engrossed in conversations that she forgot to monitor the rest of the class.
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Watch on YouTubeBy this point, I've been engrossed in this whole thing.
- By this point, I've been engrossed in this whole thing.
- It's funny because when you told that story, I was engrossed.
- Because when I have a podcast guest, which is something that I learned now, I get engrossed with the conversation that I don't check the film side of things.
- I wasn't even spending time with my family because I was just so engrossed, so obsessed with becoming the best and creating something that moved the needle.
- They've always been entertaining and I'm not just an influencer, I'm a guy who's in in engrossed in a battle.
- It's just right when that happens and I'm engrossed and I'm invited into this and I'm he's got me right until he stops getting me.
Examples
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I should have told you he was coming... but I was so engrossed in your story.
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I lost track of time because I was so engrossed in the play!
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I was so engrossed in it that my family started pulling it out of my hands.
Blog text (10) -
They're targeting young people who are engrossed in their social world.
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I was so engrossed in reading the book that I didn't hear Dr. Dawson when he came back.
Fiction book (1993) -
I was so engrossed with the stories as the narrators were telling them that it did not occur to me to ask the mothers what they thought the stories were doing for their children.
Academic text (2017) -
N1: Everyone is too engrossed in Sir Kay's story to listen to the Yankee.
Academic text (2010) -
Sometimes within our classrooms, we become so engrossed in the technical aspects of "making music" that the enjoyment of the music may become secondary or even lost.
Academic text (2015) -
I was so engrossed in the novel that I forgot to eat dinner.
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The children were engrossed in the movie and didn’t notice the time passing.
Synonyms
459
4.8
Very strongly interested in someone or something and thinking about them all the time
170
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
46
4.1
Giving full attention to something
26
6.0
Unable to look away because something is very interesting
25
4.5
So interested that you cannot stop watching or listening
23
3.6
Giving all your attention to something and not noticing other things
19
3.9
Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening
16
6.9
Very interested and full of wonder, unable to look away
11
7.5
Fully focused and very interested in something
10
5.8
Amazed and very happy so you cannot look away
10
4.4
Deeply interested and unable to look away
9
5.3
Your attention is fixed as if under a spell
8
5.2
So interested that you cannot stop watching or listening
5
7.7
Very busy with more work than you can handle
1
6.8
Very involved in an activity, often working with your hands
1
6.7
Lost in thought and not paying attention to what is around
1
7.8
Feeling great joy and deep interest
1
7.6
Deeply focused on something and not aware of other things
Antonyms
How Absorbed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Engrossed comes from an old root gross meaning 'large'. Long ago, to 'engross' could mean to fill up a page, and by that picture something that 'fills' your mind takes all your attention, so being engrossed means you are fully absorbed.