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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbed, fascinated |
| Synonyms: | absent, absent-minded, abstracted, beguiled, bewitched, blissful, busy, captivated, carried away, caught up in, charmed, daydreaming, deep*, delighted, dreaming, ecstatic, employed, enamored, engaged, engrossed, enraptured, enthralled, entranced, gripped, happy, held, hung up, hypnotized, immersed, inattentive, intent, involved, lost, oblivious, occupied, overwhelmed, preoccupied, rapturous, ravished, spellbound, taken, transported, unconscious, wrapped, wrapped up |
| Notes: | rapt means deeply moved or wholly absorbed as in thought; wrapped means enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like |
| Antonyms: | disenchanted, repulsed, turned off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize |
| Synonyms: | blame, castigate, censure, condemn, denounce, denunciate, knock*, pan, reprehend, reprimand, reprobate, scold, skin, tick off |
| Notes: | hip-hop is a culture and rap is a style of music that is one of the components of hip-hop; hip-hop music is not the same as rap - it is a fusion of rapping and deejaying hip-hop is rap, but not all rap is hip-hop; hip-hop has a particular beat and uses scratching and breaks/samples rap (noun) is a reproach for some lapse or misdeed - (verb) strike sharply and swiftly; a wrap (noun) is a cloak that is folded around a person - (verb) arrange or fold as a cover or protection to wrap is to enclose in a covering; to rap is to knock or tap on something, or create a rhythmic type of music |
| Antonyms: | praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | absorbed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being completely occupied mentally |
| Synonyms: | captivated, consumed, deep in thought, engaged, engrossed, fascinated, fixed, gone*, head over heels, held, immersed, intent, involved, lost, preoccupied, rapt, really into, up to here, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | bored, disinterested, distracted, indifferent, uninterested |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contemplative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep in thought |
| Synonyms: | attentive, cogitative, in brown study, intent, introspective, lost, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, rapt, reflecting, reflective, ruminative, speculative, thinking, thoughtful |
| Antonyms: | disdainful, disregarding, negligent, rejecting, scornful, shallow, unreflective |
| Main Entry: | deep |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbed, engrossed in activity |
| Synonyms: | abstracted, centered, concentrated, enfolded, engaged, fixed, focused, immersed, intent, into, lost, musing, preoccupied, rapt, set, wrapped, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | flighty, superficial |
| Main Entry: | engaged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | operating; busy |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, at work, committed, connected with, dealing in, deep, doing, employed, engrossed, immersed, in place, in use, intent, interested, involved, occupied, performing, practicing, preoccupied, pursuing, rapt, signed, tied up, unavailable, working, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | disengaged, inoperable, not working |
| Main Entry: | engrossed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preoccupied; attentive to |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, all wound up, assiduous, bugged, busy, captivated, caught up, caught up in, consumed, deep, diligent, engaged, enthralled, fascinated, fiend for, gone*, gripped, head over heels, heavily into, hooked, hung up, immersed, industrious, intent, into*, intrigued, lost, monopolized, occupied, rapt, really into, riveted, sedulous, submerged, taken up with, tied up, turned on, up to here in, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | bored, disenthralled, disinterested, ignoring, inattentive, oblivious, uncaring, uninterested, unoccupied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | immersed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deeply involved with |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, bound-up, buried, busy, consumed, deep, eat sleep and breathe, engaged, engrossed, intent, into*, mesmerized, occupied, preoccupied, rapt, spellbound, taken up, tied up, turned on, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, neglectful, negligent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inattentive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | negligent, not paying attention |
| Synonyms: | absent, absentminded, apathetic, blind, bored, careless, distracted, distrait, distraught, diverted, dreamy, faraway, heedless, inadvertent, indifferent, inobservant, listless, lost*, musing, neglectful, oblivious, off-guard, out to lunch, preoccupied, rapt, regardless, remiss, removed, scatterbrained, thoughtless, unconscious, undiscerning, unheeding, unmindful, unnoticing, unobservant, unobserving, unperceiving, unthinking, unwatchful, vague |
| Antonyms: | attentive, heedful, looking, noticing, observant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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