WRAPPED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

wrapped

verb

past tense of wrap

as in bandaged

to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt wrapped her waist with a colorful silk sash

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as in enveloped

to surround or cover closely a sinister darkness seemed to wrap the lonely cabin

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Recent Examples of wrapped The fixtures were made from the very boxes that the costumes came in, simple merchandise boxes wrapped in black plastic, and the checkout counter was made of two-by-fours and cement blocks. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 Written and directed by Misha Citron, whose credits include Enola Holmes, filming on One Last Summer wrapped in Tuscany, Italy. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026 Neander lifted Arnold airborne and wrapped him in a bear hug. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026 Even the stories that are printed with such intent have a shelf life that demands the pages to be turned into living stories and not wrapped around a slimy fish. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026 With Simmons still back on the ramp, largely remaining — to borrow from Winston Churchill — a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. — Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026 As for Wednesday, filming on season three recently wrapped and there’s not a release date yet announced, but expect the show sometime mid- to late 2027. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 On a late September afternoon, Mariposa Park Apartments in west Fort Worth was quiet, yet the blue tarp, failing roof and wire fence wrapped around the complex about the aftermath of a fire that tore it apart a month ago. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026 Cambria Wells, the center’s education and outreach manager, recalls a hummingbird that was similarly wrapped in webbing and didn’t make it. — Katie Koschalk, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026

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Police then escorted Rajapaksa, who had one eye bandaged from recent surgery, to a vehicle to be taken to a jail.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
In clips of the season 2 episode documenting Kari and Gina’s surgeries, the women are anesthetized, cut into, shunted around, bandaged, and propped up for interviews.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026

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Wrapped in soft cashmere, the Cashmere Cabin is designed to mimic the feeling of stepping into an Ultralight with Cashmere piece and being enveloped in softness, lightness and ease.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Logs dangle like toothpicks from machines with hydraulic claws, and the whole scene is enveloped in dust.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of enveloped

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Over the past 100,000 years, Halley's Comet has probably circled the sun well over a thousand times, leaving a fresh trail of debris on every visit.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Democrats have circled Alaska, a typically reliable Republican state, as a winnable seat in their bid to flip the Senate in the 2026 midterm elections.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of circled

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As Rubin said, the space would be striking even if it weren't shrouded in mystery after being closed for so many years.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Because their earliest years are spent shrouded in clouds of dust, these nascent stars can be hard to spot.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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The first depicted a ripe banana duct-taped to a blank white wall—unmistakably, Maurizio Cattelan’s viral artwork Comedian—and the second featuring just the duct-tape on the wall.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 1 June 2026
When authorities asked King to remove the breast banner as vulgar, King taped over the nipples with stars made of tape or Magic Marker.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026

Definition of taped

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These libraries are much wider than the book versions, their contents taped together or rubber-banded so the pieces don’t get lost.

— John Wenzel, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026
People are also poking fun at the fact that Kaydee is banded, which looks like the eagle version of an ankle monitor.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of banded

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The arthropod group includes animals that are without a backbone or any bones at all, strictly speaking, their bodies being encased in a ringed, exterior tegument and having legs and, sometimes, wings.

— Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
On the best of days a dank stillness would have encased the adobe chamber and those confined within.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

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