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Meaning of ENGROSSED

Pronunciation:  ungr'owst

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  1. [adj]  wholly absorbed as in thought; "deep in thought"; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "the book had her totally engrossed"; "enwrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"
  2. [adj]  written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document
 
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 Synonyms: absorbed, attentive, enwrapped, intent, rapt, wrapped, written
 

 

 

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 Related Terms: absent, absentminded, absorbed, absorbed in, abstracted, assiduous, autograph, autographic, bemused, buried in, buried in thought, busy, calligraphic, castle-building, caught up in, chirographic, consumed, contemplating, contemplative, cursive, daydreaming, daydreamy, deep, devoted, devoted to, diligent, dreaming, dreamy, drowsing, ecstatic, elsewhere, engaged, engaged in thought, engrossed in, engrossed in thought, faraway, flowing, graphic, graphoanalytic, graphologic, graphometric, half-awake, holograph, holographic, immersed, immersed in, immersed in thought, in a reverie, in longhand, in shorthand, in the clouds, in writing, industrious, inscribed, intent, intent on, introspective, involved, italic, italicized, longhand, lost, lost in, lost in thought, manuscript, meditating, meditative, monomaniacal, monopolized, mooning, moonraking, museful, musing, napping, nodding, oblivious, obsessed, occupied, on paper, penciled, penned, pensive, pipe-dreaming, preoccupied, printed, rapt, running, scriptorial, scriptural, sedulous, shorthand, single-minded, somewhere else, stargazing, studious, studying, stylographic, submerged, submerged in, swept up, taken up, taken up with, totally absorbed, transported, unconscious, woolgathering, wrapped, wrapped in, wrapped in thought, wrapped up, wrapped up in, written
 

 

 

 

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