enwrapped
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Completely absorbed or engrossed: "Enwrapped" describes a state of giving one's full and undivided attention to something, often to the exclusion of everything else. It implies being deeply immersed in thought, observation, or an activity.
- Wrapped up in: It can also carry the figurative sense of being mentally or emotionally enveloped by something.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- She was so enwrapped in the novel that she didn't hear the doorbell.
- The audience sat enwrapped, captivated by the pianist's performance.
- He was enwrapped in his own thoughts during the entire meeting.
Advanced Usage
- "To be enwrapped in": This is the most common construction, used to indicate the object of one's deep absorption.
- The child was enwrapped in the intricate details of the ant colony.
Variants and Related Words
- Enwrap (verb): To envelop or engross. (Less common than the adjective form).
- The mystery of the old house seemed to enwrap him completely.
Synonyms
- Engrossed: Having all one's attention or interest absorbed by someone or something.
- Absorbed: Very interested in something and not paying attention to anything else.
- Rapt: Completely fascinated or absorbed by what one is seeing or hearing.
- Preoccupied: Engrossed in thought; distracted.
- Captivated: Attracted and held interest completely.
Antonyms
- Distracted: Unable to concentrate because one's mind is preoccupied.
- Inattentive: Not paying attention.
- Uninterested: Not interested in or concerned about something.
Related Phrases
- Lost in thought: So absorbed in one's thinking as to be unaware of one's surroundings.
- Wrapped up in: Deeply involved or interested in.
Adjective
- giving or marked by complete attention to
- that engrossed look or rapt delight
- then wrapped in dreams
- so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred- Walter de la Mare
- rapt with wonder
- wrapped in thought