absorbed

American  

[ab-sawrbd, -zawrbd] / æbˈsɔrbd, -ˈzɔrbd /

adjective

1. deeply interested or involved; preoccupied.

   He had an absorbed look on his face.

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absorbed British  

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

adjective

1. engrossed; deeply interested

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Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of absorbed

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

Example Sentences

Thousands of Angelenos and Americans have absorbed the same and worse losses every day of the last year.

From Los Angeles Times

When the treatment was injected into tumors, macrophages quickly absorbed the nanoparticles and began producing proteins that identify cancer cells.

From Science Daily

But while his dress and affect are foreign to me, his ideas aren’t—they are historical lessons from England that our founders absorbed and adapted to our own Constitution.

From The Wall Street Journal

“And it is the Columbus they created who has been absorbed by subsequent storytellers.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Having absorbed most of the powers of the old presidency, she was now the first female leader of Bangladesh, and only the second woman to lead a muslim country.

From BBC

Related Words

• captivated
• consumed
• engaged
• engrossed
• fascinated
• involved
• preoccupied