preoccupied

Meaning

Verb

simple past and past participle of preoccupy

Adj

1. (obsolete) Prepossessed; biased.
2. (archaic) Already occupied.
3. (not-comparable) Describing a taxonomic name not available for use because it is already used for another.
4. Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.

preoccupy

1. (transitive) To distract; to draw attention elsewhere.
2. (transitive) To worry or concern (someone) so as to distract them.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To occupy or take possession of beforehand.

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Synonyms

engrossed

absorbed

worried

😟

lost in thought

busy

anxious

abstracted

bemused

lost

hungup

obsessed

restless

deep in thought

haunted

taken up

engaged

meditative

rapt

ruthful

sad

☹️

solicitous

straightly

sullen

unhappy

☹️

enwrapped

not free

uneasy

abstractedly

angry

😠

apprehensive

captive

careworn

concentrating

concerned

depressed

disabled

distracted

fixedly

guilty conscience

incapable

incapacitated

involved

Translations

assorto

preoccupato

απορροφημένος

préoccupé

preocupado

😟

προκατειλημμένος

preocupado

συλογισμένος

vertieft

κατειλημμένος

besorgt

obsessionat

انشغال