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 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 Meanwhile, he’s recently wrapped on UK drama The Only Suspect. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 City officials temporarily suspended the production’s shooting permit before reinstating it with additional restrictions, and The Daily Wire announced on October 9 that filming had wrapped. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026 The group last played stadiums on The Joshua Tree Tour, which wrapped in Mumbai, India, in December 2019 after drawing nearly 3 million fans worldwide. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026 The walls are wrapped in natural hessian and hung with paintings, alongside ceramics by contemporary British artist Charlotte Salt. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026 He was handcuffed, and his head and body were wrapped in a gray blanket. — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026 The remnants of police caution tape wrapped around utility poles are the only sign of the tragic and senseless shooting that killed Kayliah. — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 14 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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Take Sophie Rowell, founder of Côte de Folk, who, in one project, recently enveloped walls and floors in a deep olive green, adding a sense of tactility by forgoing hard flooring and rugs in favor of wall-to-wall carpet.

— Hannah Coates, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026
Umanmielen kept pushing Sewell backward and then, finally, enveloped Goff in his arms for his third sack of the season.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 7 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

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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
The stables, or caballeriza, meanwhile, are a more modern, minimalist affair than the main house, with a handful of private gardens shrouded behind fresh, fledgling hedgerows and gray subway-style bathroom tiles.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of shrouded

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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

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