Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of engross
comparative more engrossed · superlative most engrossed
- Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else.
The children were engrossed by the story.
2 more examples
The large, soft dark eyes were raised, but seemed rather engrossed by their own feelings—(thoughts are scarcely tender enough for such a look)—than fixed upon any surrounding object.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 258[Yann] LeCun's in a jovial mood, and I find myself engrossed in his colorful stories about the early years of AI research.
2026 January 3, Melissa Heikkilä, “Lunch with the FT: Yann LeCun”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3 - Finalized, written in large letters. (of a document)
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivegiving or marked by complete attention to
adjectivewritten formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bengali মশগুল
- মশগুল (mośgul)preoccupied
Catalan absort
- absortpreoccupied
Czech ponořený, pohlcený
- ponořenýpreoccupied
- pohlcenýpreoccupied
- pohrouženýpreoccupied
Dutch in beslag genomen, overheerst
- in beslag genomenpreoccupied
- overheerstpreoccupied
French obnubilé, absorbé
- obnubilépreoccupied
- absorbépreoccupied
German entrückt, vertieft
- entrücktpreoccupied
- vertieftpreoccupied
- ausgefertigtfinalized
Hindi मगन, मग्न
- मगन (magan)preoccupied
- मग्न (magna)preoccupied
- तल्लीन (tallīn)preoccupied
Indonesian keasyikan
- keasyikanpreoccupied
Māori tāuteute
- tāuteutepreoccupied
Spanish enfrascado, absorto
- enfrascadopreoccupied
- absortopreoccupied
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with engrossed
Cite this entry
engrossed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engrossed
“engrossed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engrossed. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “engrossed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engrossed.
Source: engrossed on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.