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| absent-minded |
not paying attention to the immediate task or event because one's mind is preoccupied with other matters. |
| abstracted |
preoccupied; engrossed. |
| bemuse |
to cause to be preoccupied or lost in thought. [1/2 definitions] |
| haunted |
obsessed or preoccupied, as by an idea, memory, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| have something on the brain |
to be preoccupied with. |
| inwardness |
a tendency to be preoccupied with one's own thoughts and feelings; introspection. [1/4 definitions] |
| -ish |
given to; preoccupied with. [1/4 definitions] |
| morbid |
in an unhealthy, gloomy mental state; preoccupied with sickness, abnormality, or death. [1/3 definitions] |
| otherworldly |
preoccupied with or devoted to such a world, or to the world of the mind, rather than the tangible world. [1/2 definitions] |
| self-preoccupied |
combined form of preoccupied. |
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