Also Inflected form of preoccupy
preoccupied
preoc·cu·pied
adjective
1.
- “as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class”
- “lost in thought”
- “a preoccupied frown”
2.
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”
Phrases
- preoccupied name
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