intent on
adjective
Roget 457:
attentive,
mindful,
observant,
regardful;
alive to,
awake to;
observing
etc.
v.;
alert,
open-eyed;
intent on,
taken up with,
occupied with,
engaged in;
engrossed in,
wrapped in,
absorbed,
rapt,
transfixed,
riveted,
mesmerized,
hypnotized;
glued to
(the TV, the window, a book);
breathless;
preoccupied
etc.
(inattentive)
458;
watchful
etc.
(careful)
459;
breathless,
undistracted,
upon the stretch;
on the watch
etc.
(expectant)
507.
steadfast.
[compelling attention]
interesting,
engrossing,
mesmerizing,
riveting.
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Roget 865:
desirous;
desiring
etc.
v.;
inclined
etc.
(willing)
602;
partial to;
fain,
wishful,
optative†;
anxious,
wistful,
curious;
at a loss for,
sedulous,
solicitous.
craving,
hungry,
sharp-set,
peckish†,
ravening,
with an empty stomach,
esurient†,
lickerish†,
thirsty,
athirst,
parched with thirst,
pinched with hunger,
famished,
dry,
drouthy†;
hungry as a hunter,
hungry as a hawk,
hungry as a horse,
hungry as a church mouse,
hungry as a bear.
[excessively desirous]
greedy
etc.
817.1.
unsatisfied,
unsated,
unslaked;
unsaturated.
eager,
avid,
keen;
burning,
fervent,
ardent;
agog;
all agog;
breathless;
impatient
etc.
(impetuous)
825;
bent on,
intent on,
set on,
bent upon,
intent upon,
set upon;
mad after,
enrage,
rabid,
dying for,
devoured by desire.
aspiring,
ambitious,
vaulting,
skyaspiring,
high-reaching.
desirable;
desired
etc.
v.;
in demand;
pleasing
etc.
(giving pleasure)
829;
appetizing,
appetible†;
tantalizing.
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