What is "preoccupied" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does preoccupied mean in English? Meaning of preoccupied definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "preoccupied" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "preoccupied": deeply absorbed in thought

Adjective

  • Meaning: deeply absorbed in thought
  • Example: as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class lost in thought a preoccupied frown
  • Synonyms: bemused deep in thought lost preoccupied
  • Similar: thoughtful
  • Meaning of "preoccupied": having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something

    Adjective

  • Meaning: having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: haunted obsessed preoccupied taken up
  • Similar: concerned
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