'Preoccupied' definitions:
Definition of 'preoccupied'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Deeply absorbed in thought; "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(p), lost(p), preoccupied]
adjective
Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "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" [syn: haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken up(p)]
Definition of 'Preoccupied'
From: GCIDE
- Preoccupy \Pre*oc"cu*py\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preoccupied (-p[imac]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 Webster]
- 2. To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice. [1913 Webster]
- I Think it more respectful to the reader to leave something to reflections than to preoccupy his judgment. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'preoccupied'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- daydreamy,
- deaf,
- deep,
- devoted,
- devoted to,
- diligent,
- dogged,
- dreaming,
- dreamy,
- drowsing,
- ecstatic,
- elsewhere,
- enduring,
- engaged,
- engaged in thought,
- engrossed,
- engrossed in,
- engrossed in thought,
- faithful,
- faraway,
- fixated,
- forgetful,
- gripped,
- half-awake,
- held,
- hung-up,
- immersed,
- immersed in,
- immersed in thought,
- immutable,
- in a reverie,
- in the clouds,
- inalterable,
- indefatigable,
- indomitable,
- industrious,
- infatuated,
- insensible,
- insistent,
- intent,
- intent on,
- introspective,
- invincible,
- involved,
- lasting,
- lost,
- lost in,
- lost in thought,
- loyal,
- meditating,
- meditative,
- monomaniac,
- monomaniacal,
- monopolized,
- mooning,
- moonraking,
- museful,
- musing,
- napping,
- never-tiring,
- nodding,
- oblivious,
- obsessed,
- obstinate,
- occupied,
- patient,
- patient as Job,
- pensive,
- permanent,
- perseverant,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- persisting,
- pertinacious,
- pipe-dreaming,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- possessed,
- prepossessed,
- rapt,
- relentless,
- resolute,
- sedulous,
- single-minded,
- sleepless,
- slogging,
- somewhere else,
- stable,
- stargazing,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- stubborn,
- studious,
- studying,
- submerged in,
- swept up,
- taken up,
- taken up with,
- tenacious,
- tireless,
- totally absorbed,
- transported,
- unabating,
- unconquerable,
- unconscious,
- undaunted,
- undiscouraged,
- undrooping,
- unfailing,
- unfaltering,
- unflagging,
- unflinching,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unnodding,
- unrelaxing,
- unrelenting,
- unremitting,
- unsleeping,
- unswerving,
- untiring,
- unwavering,
- unwearied,
- unwearying,
- unwinking,
- utterly attentive,
- weariless,
- woolgathering,
- wrapped,
- wrapped in,
- wrapped in thought,
- wrapped up,
- wrapped up in