Antonyms for preoccupied


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pree-ok-yuh-pahyd
Phonetic Transcription : priˈɒk yəˌpaɪd


Definition of preoccupied

Origin :
  • "absorbed in thought," 1823, past participle adjective from preoccupy (v.). Earlier it meant "occupied in advance."
  • adj busy; mentally caught up in something
Example sentences :
  • His mind had been so preoccupied that he had forgotten about the ditch.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • But Eli ate sparingly, and with a preoccupied and solemn look.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • "She hasn't any tolerance in her, anyhow," and he was grave and preoccupied all through dinner.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • He'll never benefit himself in that way, patient and preoccupied workman.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Long, as if the person knocking were preoccupied in mind, and forgot to leave off.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • The traveler was certainly too hurried and preoccupied to think of doughnuts.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • Something else preoccupied Alice: she had just been surprised by an odd experience.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • Ora and Detis were very quiet and preoccupied when they entered the Nomad.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • For a long while he was preoccupied by an intense desire to assuage it.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • She had been preoccupied for some moments past, and a question was on her lips.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for preoccupied

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