rapt
RAPTadjMeaning completely fascinated; giving full attention
Memory hook WRAPPED up in the story. The children sit wrapped up in Professor Edwin’s tale, mouths open, not moving a muscle: they are rapt.
The children listened in rapt silence as Grandpa told the story of the winter the river froze solid.
In context The audience sat rapt through the whole concert; no one coughed, whispered or checked a phone until the final note faded.
Similar spellbound, enthralled, absorbed, fascinated
Opposite distracted, bored, inattentive
From Latin raptus, “seized, carried away,” from rapere (to seize).