absorbed

[ab-sawrbd, -zawrbd]

adjective

1. deeply interested or involved; preoccupied.

   He had an absorbed look on his face.

absorbed

/ əbˈsɔːbɪdlɪ, -ˈzɔːbd, -ˈzɔː-, əbˈsɔːbd /

adjective

1. engrossed; deeply interested

Other Word Forms

• absorbedly adverb
• absorbedness noun
• unabsorbed adjective
• well-absorbed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of absorbed¹

First recorded in 1755–65; absorb + -ed ²

Example Sentences

When she was about 5, she disappeared for hours to a dark henhouse to see how chickens laid eggs, so absorbed that she was oblivious to her family’s frantic search for her.

From Los Angeles Times

Through it all, TikTok remained one of the only major social platforms that Silicon Valley, with its growing right-wing tilt, hasn’t completely absorbed.

From Salon

In hindsight, the record is a departure mostly in the sense that the record demands listeners’ undivided attention and is best absorbed all at once.

From Salon

His new album, “Learn the Hard Way,” is the work of a guy who’s clearly absorbed the lessons of the market.

From Los Angeles Times

In the early republic, even homicide could be absorbed into politics when cloaked in ritual.

From Salon

Related Words

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• consumed www.thesaurus.com
• engaged 
• engrossed 
• fascinated 
• involved 
• preoccupied