v. keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"

adj. actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy"

adj. full of energetic and noisy activity; "a bustling city"

adj. filled with events or activity; "a lively period in history"

adj. overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"

adj. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business"

v. engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

adj. abundantly filled with especially living things; "the Third World's teeming millions"; "the teeming boulevard"

adj. existing in abundance; "abounding confidence"; "whiskey galore"

adj. noisy like the sound of a bee; "the room was abuzz over the latest scandal"

adj. (disorderly)

adj. overfilled or compacted or concentrated; "a crowded theater"; "a crowded program"; "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days"

adj. excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"

adj. rich in decorative detail

adj. showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"

adj. offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day"

adj. marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young executive"; "a pushful insurance agent"; "a pushing youth intent on getting on in the world"

adj. having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative"

adj. characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files"

adj. having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed"

adj. in full operation; "a going concern"

adj. at the highest level of activity: "for the first time in years the factory was in full swing"

adj. ready for business; "the stores are open"

adj. elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"

adj. having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells

adj. having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding"

adj. in fancy clothing

adj. having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze"

adj. (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; "a damascened sword"

adj. having a woven pattern; "damask table linens"

adj. marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"

adj. having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding"

adj. made of or resembling lace; "a lacy gown"; "a lacy leaf"

adj. gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves"

adj. having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an exquisite gilded rococo mirror"

adj. decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework"

adj. causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

adj. gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters"

adj. (intrusive)

adj. not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"