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gripped (root: grip)
THESAURUS
gripped
arrested, besotted, caught, charmed, enchanted, enthralled, fascinated, fixated, fixed, held, hung-up, hypnotized, infatuated, mesmerized, monomaniac, monomaniacal, obsessed, possessed, preoccupied, prepossessed, rapt, spellboundFor further exploring for "gripped" in Webster Dictionary Online