absorbed
Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.
Example
“She was so absorbed in her book that she didn’t hear the phone.”
Other meanings
That has been taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated.
Related words
- absorbedly
- absorbedness
- malabsorbed
- nonabsorbed
- preabsorbed
- unabsorbed
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “absorbed” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.