🎁 Covered up 🤔 Fully absorbed

wrapped

4.1

Giving full attention to something

adjective
/ræpt/

Informal

: absorto

She was so wrapped in her book that she didn't hear the doorbell ring.

Examples

And it's wrapped in this altruistic, you know, mission and all this.
And the second thing I feel very important, do not get wrapped in the industry side of this.
So it's just all of this cognitive dissonance wrapped in this judgement.
That's what I'm think my thing, my mind is wrapped around, you know, that's it.
He sat quietly, wrapped in thought as he contemplated his next move.
The child was wrapped in the story, completely oblivious to the noise around her.

Synonyms

wrapped up

vswrapped

Informal

62 4.8

Very interested and completely involved in something

is simply absorbed without implying devotion or long commitment

rapt

vswrapped

Formal

11 7.5

Fully focused and very interested in something

is neutral full attention without strong delight

engrossed

vswrapped

1 4.5

Paying all your attention to something because you are very interested

is less exclusive and may not exclude other concerns

enmeshed

vswrapped

1 7.5

Caught up in something so you cannot easily leave

is involvement without the idea of being trapped or hard to escape

enwrapped

vswrapped

7.6

Deeply focused on something and not aware of other things

is the same in meaning but differs in form

absorbed

vswrapped

3.6

Giving all your attention to something and not noticing other things

is often used with a following preposition to show what attention is on

Antonyms

distracted

3.1

Not able to pay attention because your mind is on other things

Idioms

wrapped up

Informal

62 4.8

Very interested and completely involved in something

riddle wrapped in an enigma

Informal

1 9.7

Something or someone that is very mysterious and hard to understand

Compounds

wrapped in bacon

1 3.4

Covered with bacon strips before cooking to make it tasty and crispy

shrink-wrapped software

5.2

Software sold in a box and sealed in clear plastic for use on computers

How Absorbed

obsessed

245 4.8

wrapped

Informal

4.1

engrossed

1 4.5

involved

79 3.5

interested

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

wrapped positive

Morphology

wrapped = wrap (semi-transparent) = wrap + ed

The adjectival use 'wrapped' meaning 'absorbed/engrossed' is a figurative extension of the physical sense, so form is transparent but sense is metaphorical.

Etymology

Wrapped used for being absorbed is like being wrapped in a warm blanket, where you are surrounded and do not notice the world outside, so wrapped means 'fully absorbed' or 'lost in' something.