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ADJECTIVE

engrossed

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 wrapped-up

Antonyms

STRONG

existing idle inactive

WEAK

bored disenthralled disinterested ignoring inattentive oblivious uncaring uninterested unoccupied

ADJECTIVE

involved

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affected concerned embroiled entangled interested participating

STRONG

caught embarrassed enmeshed hooked incriminated occupied tangled

WEAK

eat, sleep, and breathe immersed in into knee-deep in mixed up in mixed up with taking part in up to one's neck in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disinterested unconcerned unperturbed untroubled

WEAK

blameless easy exonerated simple uncomplicated

ADJECTIVE

obsessed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

captivated dominated haunted preoccupied troubled

STRONG

bedeviled beset bewitched controlled dogged engrossed fixated gripped 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 wound up with wrapped up in

Antonyms

STRONG

disenchanted

WEAK

indifferent unconcerned

Example Sentences

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The water "broke down the fence and broke down the door and came into our house. We were up to here in water," he said, gesturing towards his stomach.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

“They’re looked up to here in Santa Ana,” said owner Jeff Jensen.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2020

“I mean … can I wear this in public? I look like I’m about to go milk a cow?” my friend texted with the photo of her up to here in the pinafore.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2018

We’re up to here in shows with “good” in their titles, perhaps signifying an ongoing quest for virtue.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2018

I ain’t a-complainin’, an’ I ’low I’m as much looked up to here in Chicago without my bedstead as I was in the woods with it.”

From The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn by Raymond, Evelyn

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