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engrossed

[en-grohst] / ɛnˈgroʊst /
ADJECTIVE
preoccupied; attentive to
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absorbed captivated consumed engaged enthralled submerged
STRONG
bugged busy fascinated gone gripped hooked immersed intrigued lost monopolized occupied riveted
WEAK
all wound up assiduous caught up caught up in deep diligent fiend for head over heels heavily into hung up industrious intent into rapt really into sedulous taken up with tied-up turned on up to here in wrapped-up
Antonyms
STRONG
existing idle inactive
WEAK
bored disenthralled disinterested ignoring inattentive oblivious uncaring uninterested unoccupied

Example Sentences

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"This is all dog content, when will the cat programme be on?" one person engrossed in the service wrote in the chatroom on PetTV's streaming page.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Mr. Steele is also engrossed by the meltdown at the Heritage Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

After dessert, with Rob still engrossed in conversation, I left the group, walked around the hotel grounds and found a quiet, deserted pool at the edge of a steep cliff.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

His defence lawyer Bob Elias said he was a "lonely, socially isolated" man who had "plunged down the rabbit hole to this sort of fantasy life and became completely engrossed in it".

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024

Down in the rats’ home, in the artificial light, it was hard to tell the passage of time, and she had been so engrossed in Nicodemus’s story that she had not glanced at the clock.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien