preoccupied
11preoccupied — adjective 1) officials preoccupied with their careers Syn: obsessed, concerned, absorbed, engrossed, intent, involved, wrapped up 2) she looked preoccupied Syn: lost/deep in thought, in a brown study, pensive, absen …
12preoccupied — adjective 1) he s preoccupied with work Syn: obsessed, fixated, concerned, absorbed, engrossed, involved, wrapped up 2) she looked preoccupied Syn: lost in thought, deep in thought, oblivious …
13preoccupied — UK [prɪˈɒkjʊpaɪd] / US [prɪˈɑkjəˌpaɪd] adjective thinking about something so much or spending so much time doing something that you do not notice other things or cannot think about other things While the government was preoccupied with the… …
14preoccupied — adjective 1. deeply absorbed in thought (Freq. 1) as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class lost in thought a preoccupied frown • Syn: ↑bemused, ↑deep in thought, ↑lost …
15Preoccupied — Preoccupy Pre*oc cu*py, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preoccupied} ( p[=i]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Preoccupying}.] [Cf. F. pr[ e]occuper. See {Preoccupate}, {Occupy}.] 1. To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held. [1913… …
16preoccupied — adjective Concerned with something else; distracted; giving ones attention elsewhere. I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday …
17preoccupied — /priˈɒkjəpaɪd / (say pree okyuhpuyd) adjective 1. completely engrossed in one s own thoughts. 2. Biology already used as a name for some species, genus, etc., and not available as a designation for any other. –phrase 3. preoccupied with, focused… …
18preoccupied — adjective Date: 1842 1. previously applied to another group and unavailable for use in a new sense used of a biological generic or specific name 2. a. lost in thought; also absorbed in some preoccupation b. already occupied Synonyms: see… …
19preoccupied — preoccupiedly, adv. preoccupiedness, n. /pree ok yeuh puyd /, adj. 1. completely engrossed in thought; absorbed. 2. previously occupied; taken; filled. 3. Biol. already used as a name for some species, genus, etc., and not available as a… …
20preoccupied — Synonyms and related words: absent, absentminded, absorbed, absorbed in, abstracted, assiduous, bemused, besotted, blind, buried in, buried in thought, castle building, caught up in, constant, contemplating, contemplative, continuing, daydreaming …
