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gripped

  • /ɡɹɪpt/

Rhymes with -ɪpt

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of grip

adjective more gripped · most gripped

  1. excited; mesmerized
  2. Having a grip, or grips
  3. slang Afraid; too anxious to continue a climb.

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Closest in meaning: absorbing, engrossing, riveting, fascinating, interesting, affected, appealed, captured, controlled, covered, curbed, dominated, grabbed, hit, mobilised, mobilized

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"gripped." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gripped. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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gripped. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gripped

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"gripped." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gripped.

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@misc{gripped_2026,
  title = {gripped},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gripped},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}