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What is another word for
preoccupying
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Verb
(
rare
)
Instigating the curiosity or attention of someone
Present participle for to cause someone anxiety or worry
Present participle for to be preoccupied with a single thought, topic or emotion
Present participle for keep from happening
Present participle for attack, terrorize
Adjective
Exciting or capable of holding one's interest for a long period
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Verb
▲
(
rare
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Instigating the curiosity or attention of someone
interesting
attracting
appealing to
drawing
engrossing
exciting
fascinating
intriguing
tempting
captivating
entertaining
enthralling
luring
snaring
tantalizing
US
titillating
affecting
amusing
arousing
distracting
engaging
gripping
hooking
perking up
pleasing
pulling
touching
mesmerising
UK
mesmerizing
US
moving
riveting
rivetting
tantalising
UK
turning on
beguiling
bemusing
enchanting
grabbing
immersing
piquing
absorbing
bewitching
floating someone's boat
lighting someone's fire
occupying
sitting up
tickling someone's fancy
arresting
busying
enwrapping
involving
holding
consuming
charming
engulfing
diverting
obsessing
concerning
employing
spellbinding
holding your attention
catching up
entrancing
monopolizing
US
enrapturing
taking up
monopolising
UK
catching
throwing
hypnotizing
US
burying
hypnotising
UK
holding the attention of
overwhelming
possessing
dominating
devouring
filling
transfixing
fixating
swamping
plaguing
eating up
tying up
keeping busy
delighting
overcoming
troubling
alluring
bedazzling
committing
cheering
capturing
losing
gaining
seizing
magnetizing
US
fixing
haunting
enveloping
afflicting
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
solacing
enmeshing
tickling
miring
inspiring
connecting
harrowing
wrapping
slaying
throwing yourself into
soaking
taking control of
tickle to death
binding
magnetising
UK
holding in awe
holding spellbound
assimilating
attending
knocking dead
winning
impressing
wrapping up
keeping amused
influencing
enticing
tickling your fancy
mattering to
whetting one's appetite
catching your eye
arousing curiosity
engaging one's attention
taking over
engrossing oneself
concentrating
enamouring
plunging
subjugating
subjecting
enslaving
subduing
grabbing the attention of
inviting
enamoring
racking
torturing
worrying
enlisting
cornering
hogging
sewing up
becoming lost
upping on
applying
swallowing up
drowning
sinking
disturbing
absorbing yourself in
losing oneself in
getting lost in
overburdening
overpowering
devoting
regaling
bothering
eating away at
overloading
disporting
recreating
comforting
elating
making merry
giving pleasure to
gratifying
humoring
US
cracking up
ecstasizing
indulging
inspiriting
gladdening
enlivening
relaxing
stimulating
humouring
UK
satisfying
associating
implicating
embroiling
inculpating
entangling
participating
linking
imputing
using
utilizing
US
securing
utilising
UK
wiling
wowing
witching
reserving
grasping
killing
dazzling
getting
becoming an obsession with
taking in
sending
adopting
booking
vamping
sweeping off feet
winning over
knocking out
tickling the fancy of
putting under a spell
tickling pink
taking
striking
bagging
ravishing
thrilling
seducing
rapturing
transporting
carrying away
bowling over
wooing
exhilarating
ensnaring
fulfilling
astounding
stirring
intoxicating
amazing
giving someone a kick
making happy
giving a buzz
contenting
rousing
electrifying
animating
rapping
infatuating
persuading
courting
catching the eye of
making a hit with
awing
aweing
pleasuring
stupefying
elevating
stunning
suiting
warming
rejoicing
delectating
provoking
gladding
appealing
blowing away
pulling in
whetting the appetite of
agreeing with
giving someone a charge
taking your breath away
bringing in
refreshing
bewildering
coaxing
appeasing
dumbfounding
astonishing
galvanizing
US
invigorating
cajoling
charging
inveigling
firing
overjoying
inclining
enthusing
inducing
endearing
staggering
compelling
beckoning
trancing
gassing
feasting
inflaming
sending into raptures
scintillating
brightening up
firing with enthusiasm
pumping up
making content
pleasing greatly
turning one's head
envigorating
galvanising
UK
catching hold of
drawing attention
making someone feel good
bucking up
stirring up
roping in
hitting the spot
keeping
maintaining
ensorcelling
hitting on
making an impression on
overawing
holding on to
coming on to
arousing the curiosity of
quickening
agitating
rooting to the spot
sending into transports
calling
having an impact on
flooring
assuaging
prompting
satiating
eliciting
calling forth
bringing forth
arguing into
bringing around
getting started
working up
sating
placating
mollifying
soothing
energizing
US
quenching
obtaining
sucking in
picking up
sweeping someone off their feet
blinding
dazing
keeping up
keeping alive
owning
getting under your skin
pacifying
turning someone's head
exerting influence on
making your mouth water
steering
exerting a pull on
slaking
serving
petrifying
giving joy to
giving great pleasure to
turning someone on
putting under magic spell
forspeaking
putting the whammy on
voodooing
tricking
controlling
casting a spell on
putting horns on
filling with delight
jolting
frenzying
motivating
feeding
meeting
gorgonizing
obliging
silencing
quietening
stilling
lighting a fire under
dynamizing
jarring
commoving
getting someone going
energising
UK
rooting
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
indicating
signing
summoning
demanding
commanding
asking
bidding
accommodating
surfeiting
flattering
satisficing
riveting the attention of
misleading
pandering to
cloying
selling
catering to
providing for
doing the trick
filling the bill
kindling
interesting greatly
reconciling
sufficing
making your head spin
going to your head
deluding
stroking
heartening
uplifting
arriding
befooling
besotting
sweet-talking
soft-soaping
blandishing
wheedling
blarneying
flattering into
smooth-talking
bringing joy to
giving someone pleasure
going over big
getting one's kicks
cheering up
warming the cockles of the heart
buoying up
giving a lift
grooving
sweeping you off your feet
making a fool of
having a get-together
nurturing
treating to
laughing it up
partying
fracturing
tossing a party
giving a party
valuing
cherishing
attracting attention
prizing
treasuring
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“This reflects the fact the subjects other than food have tended to
preoccupy
classical scholars.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause someone anxiety or worry
troubling
bothering
concerning
disconcerting
disturbing
upsetting
worrying
afflicting
agitating
bugging
discomfiting
discomposing
distressing
flustering
haunting
perturbing
vexing
discomforting
disquieting
provoking
rattling
ruffling
unhinging
unnerving
unsettling
flurrying
frazzling
eating away at
getting to
burdening
alarming
occupying
irking
perplexing
trying
galling
ailing
fussing
chafing
paining
dismaying
annoying
distempering
exercising
pothering
puzzling
making anxious
making uneasy
freaking out
gnawing at
weirding out
lying heavy on
making someone scratch their head
occupying thoughts
preying on your mind
tormenting
nagging
rankling with
riling
harassing
plaguing
niggling
irritating
goading
chagrining
grieving
mithering
aggravating
panicking
kicking up a stink
causing anxiety
causing anxiety to
kicking up a fuss
hanging over
weighing down
weighing heavily on
getting on one's nerves
fretting
causing to panic
lying heavily on
more ❯
“The distance between her and Praful would
preoccupy
her mind and make her question her relationship with him.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be preoccupied with a single thought, topic or emotion
obsessing
engrossing
consuming
absorbing
gripping
possessing
fixating
haunting
holding
fascinating
hounding
plaguing
besetting
tormenting
controlling
infatuating
eating up
becoming an obsession with
taking control of
preying on
taking over
having a grip on
having a hold on
preying on your mind
occupying
dominating
bedevilling
UK
bedeviling
US
affecting
overcoming
disturbing
concerning
distracting
staying with
Verb
▲
Present participle for keep from happening
forestalling
preventing
precluding
anticipating
obviating
frustrating
hindering
thwarting
averting
intercepting
pre-empting
foiling
heading off
second-guessing
stopping
baulking
UK
balking
US
blocking
checking
helping
parrying
circumventing
delaying
deterring
envisioning
expecting
forecasting
foreseeing
impeding
monopolising
UK
monopolizing
US
obstructing
predicting
preempting
projecting
staving off
fending off
getting ahead of
getting in before
warding off
nipping in the bud
providing against
stealing a march on
beating someone to it
beating someone to the draw
beating someone to the punch
Verb
▲
Present participle for attack, terrorize
preying on
catching
attacking
blackmailing
bleeding
bothering
bugging
bullying
burdening
consuming
depredating
depressing
devouring
distressing
eating
exploiting
extorting
fleecing
haunting
hunting
intimidating
killing
loading
oppressing
plundering
raiding
seizing
taxing
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
troubling
victimising
UK
victimizing
US
weighing
worrying
feeding on
living off
living on
taking advantage of
Adjective
▲
Exciting or capable of holding one's interest for a long period
gripping
fascinating
enthralling
absorbing
riveting
engrossing
captivating
interesting
engaging
intriguing
compelling
entrancing
exciting
arresting
spellbinding
mesmerising
UK
mesmerizing
US
bewitching
stimulating
compulsive
involving
immersing
entertaining
thrilling
consuming
transfixing
unputdownable
amusing
diverting
dramatic
addictive
monopolising
UK
monopolizing
US
distracting
action-packed
enchanting
alluring
enticing
hypnotic
beguiling
seductive
mesmeric
overwhelming
irresistible
provoking
obsessing
controlling
all-consuming
very interesting
appealing
striking
provocative
curious
impressive
attention-grabbing
stirring
affecting
thought-provoking
exceptional
noteworthy
refreshing
hypnotising
UK
magnetic
inviting
breathtaking
charismatic
intoxicating
envigorating
UK
galvanising
UK
electrifying
eye-opening
hypnotizing
US
attractive
pleasing
remarkable
tantalising
UK
exhilarating
vivid
electric
delightful
memorable
tantalizing
US
astonishing
eventful
charming
inspiring
splashy
amazing
fine
showy
out of the ordinary
pleasurable
rousing
worthy of note
moving
meaty
vibrant
wonderful
unique
newsworthy
newsy
portentous
relatable
trenchant
marvellous
UK
marvelous
US
fabulous
topical
prepossessing
invigorating
US
unboring
piquant
wondrous
emphatic
racy
galvanizing
US
buzzworthy
magical
spectacular
fresh
lively
arousing
titillating
challenging
colourful
UK
glamorous
colorful
US
bracing
winning
glamourous
energizing
US
tempting
fetching
pleasant
hectic
adrenalizing
hair-raising
spine-tingling
luring
energising
UK
enlivening
stimulative
restorative
tonic
encouraging
animating
readable
vitalizing
winsome
inspirational
elfin
spirited
vivifying
quickening
eye-catching
exotic
graphic
lovely
dazzling
beautiful
ravishing
likable
US
strong
sexy
delectable
desirable
likeable
UK
motivating
renewing
reinvigorating
charged
exhilarant
roborant
innerving
viral
bonny
scintillating
picturesque
agreeable
romantic
dreamy
taking
lurid
aesthetic
UK
juicy
esthetic
US
pretty
reviving
rejuvenating
spicy
shareable
cordial
animated
poignant
vital
influential
suggestive
handsome
mysterious
exhilarative
uplifting
cute
inciting
fair
rich
hot
salacious
stunning
enrapturing
characterful
mind-blowing
comely
brilliant
detailed
fantastic
wild
sparkling
sensual
evocative
flamboyant
nubile
luscious
sultry
beauteous
fanciable
seducing
bold
unusual
smashing
tasty
eloquent
heavenly
spunky
nice-looking
good
sensational
adorable
beckoning
bright
fantastical
quixotic
nostalgic
goodly
sightly
seemly
knockout
bonnie
fit
likely
active
imaginative
effective
well favoured
pulchritudinous
forceful
adventurous
chivalrous
highly coloured
teasing
well-favored
easy on the eye
as pretty as a picture
ensational
puzzling
extravagant
motivational
enjoyable
fashionable
trendy
good-looking
persuasive
impelling
inspiriting
transporting
risqué
very exciting
endearing
sweet
emotional
affective
nice
sirenic
disarming
graceful
meaningful
siren
orphic
dainty
darling
touching
gorgeous
sensuous
lovable
personable
bootylicious
hunky
immersive
Orphean
rapturous
scandalous
totally absorbing
inveigling
influencing
prompting
soul-stirring
instigative
dear
elegant
delicate
adorbs
erotic
scenic
appetizing
US
easy
relaxing
satisfying
worthwhile
clever
ingenious
gratifying
rewarding
smooth
instigating
trim
dreamboat
foxy
lovesome
eyeful
dishy
bijou
appetising
UK
pungent
shock-horror
zesty
picture-perfect
drop-dead gorgeous
savoury
UK
saucy
piquing
mouth-watering
to one's liking
gay
busy
vivacious
enthusiastic
galvanic
kicky
zingy
edgy
pornographic
frenetic
vigorous
heated
realistic
clear
full of character
lewd
photographic
chocolate-box
quaint
pictographic
titillative
red-hot
sexually arousing
sexually exciting
sexually stimulating
pert
distinctive
energetic
powerful
lifelike
stimulant
spurring
full of life
keen
lucid
exalté
heady
visual
telling
faithful
unforgettable
authentic
haunting
frantic
strenuous
full
heart-stopping
savory
US
mind-boggling
sharp
salty
witty
mind-bending
rip-roaring
lush
sexual
pictorial
emotive
delineated
distinct
eager
formidable
flashy
giving one food for thought
graphical
expressive
theatrical
definite
snazzy
gaudy
revitalizing
US
true-to-life
sharply-etched
true to life
crystal clear
fortifying
bright-coloured
healthful
extraordinary
pizazzy
glaring
brightly coloured
UK
fancy
pizzazzy
brisk
on fleek
bling
smart
garish
salubrious
come-hither
out of this world
healthy
brightly colored
US
jazzy
ideal
heartening
drawing attention
strengthening
high
rejuvenative
rallying
hyper
revitalising
UK
health-giving
special
majestic
admirable
looking like an explosion in a paint factory
like an explosion in a paint factory
notable
noticeable
rare
grand
one and only
standout
uncommon
singular
unordinary
golden
glorious
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