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Preoccupied
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1. bemused, deep in thought, lost, preoccupied
deeply absorbed in thought
Example Sentences:'as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class''lost in thought''a preoccupied frown'
2. haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken up
having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
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'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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