HyperDic: taken_up

English > 1 sense of the expression taken up:
ADJECTIVEalltaken up, haunted, obsessed, preoccupiedhaving or showing excessive or compulsive concern / concern with something
English > taken up: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningHaving or showing excessive or compulsive concern / concern with something.
Example "he was taken up in worry for the old woman"
Synonymshaunted, obsessed, preoccupied
BroaderconcernedFeeling or showing worry or solicitude
Spanishobsesionado, obsesivo, obseso
Catalanenderiat, obsés, obsessionat, obsessiu

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