gripped

ADJECTIVE

engrossed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absorbed captivated consumed engaged enthralled submerged

STRONG

bugged busy fascinated gone 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

ADJECTIVE

held

Synonyms

STRONG

adhered believed clutched controlled defended detained guarded occupied retained taken

Antonyms

WEAK

freed lost released

ADJECTIVE

obsessed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

captivated dominated haunted preoccupied troubled

STRONG

bedeviled beset bewitched controlled dogged engrossed fixated harassed held hooked infatuated overpowered plagued possessed prepossessed seized tormented

WEAK

eat, sleep, and breathe fiendish have on the brain hung up on immersed in into really into taken over tied-up turned on up to here in wound up with wrapped up in

Antonyms

STRONG

disenchanted

WEAK

indifferent unconcerned

ADJECTIVE

rapt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delighted ecstatic enthralled inattentive rapturous spellbound

WEAK

absent absent-minded abstracted beguiled bewitched blissful busy captivated carried away caught up in charmed daydreaming deep dreaming employed enamored engaged engrossed enraptured entranced happy held hung up hypnotized immersed intent involved lost oblivious occupied overwhelmed preoccupied ravished taken transported unconscious wrapped wrapped-up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sorrowful troubled unhappy

WEAK

disenchanted repulsed turned off

ADJECTIVE

spellbound

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amazed bemused breathless captivated enthralled rapt

STRONG

bewildered bewitched charmed held hooked mesmerized petrified possessed transfixed transported

WEAK

agape caught up open-mouthed under a spell

Antonyms

WEAK

disenchanted disinterested

Example Sentences

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Climbing enthusiast magazine Gripped identified the woman as Bailee Mulholland.

From Washington Times • Jul. 11, 2023

Gripped by scandal in the summer of 2018, CBS came up with a way to contain the crisis.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2021

The best story so far is “Ivy Gripped the Steps.”

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2020

Gripped by depression aged 17 following the passing of her mother three years earlier, Kirby turned her back on the sport.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2015

Gripped by a split second of fear, realizing the only thing supporting me was the water, I’d start paddling madly to get somewhere, anywhere that didn’t give me this strange feeling of falling-but-not-falling.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

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