engrossedadjective
uk/ɪnˈɡrəʊst/us/ɪnˈɡroʊst/C2 giving all your attention to something:
She was so engrossed by/in the book that she forgot the cookies in the oven.
They were so engrossed in/with what they were doing that they didn't hear me come in.
Synonym
absorbed
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Excited, interested and enthusiastic
- aflutter
- agog
- all of a flutter idiom
- amped
- animated
- be as high as a kite idiom
- fanatical
- fascinated
- fasten
- fasten on/upon sth
- float sb's boat idiom
- flushed
- flutter
- knot
- overzealous
- passionate
- pop-eyed
- potty
- psyched
- sniff
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