Synonyms for wrapped up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : rap
Phonetic Transcription : ræp


Définition of wrapped up

Origin :
  • early 14c., wrappen, of uncertain etymology, perhaps via Scandinavian (cf. Danish dialectal vravle "to wind"), ultimately from PIE *werp- "to turn, wind" (cf. Greek rhaptein "to sew"), from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). Related: Wrapped; wrapping.
  • verb finish
Example sentences :
  • It wasn't like him to be wrapped up in himself and to talk about dustbins.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • You both seemed so wrapped up, I waited my time and opportunity.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • He got so wrapped up in his union affairs that he had no time for his law books.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • Depend upon it, in less than a year I'll be all wrapped up in something new.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • The problems of nationality are wrapped up in the problems of personality.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • But whether we like it or not, our lives are wrapped up together for all that.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • We thought you was only a schoolteacher, wrapped up in rhymes and birds!
  • Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
  • The trouble is we are too wrapped up in my children to think of our children.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • I find her bent in two, and wrapped up in the only garment she had kept on.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • All my thoughts were wrapped up in the beloved object I had lost for ever.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Antonyms for wrapped up

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