English dictionary
preoccupied
adjectiveParts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
adjective
- deeply absorbed in thought
Example sentences
became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle
was absolutely obsessed with the girl
got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children
he was taken up in worry for the old woman
as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class
lost in thought
a preoccupied frown