engrossed
adjective
completely occupied or absorbed, as by something that captures the mind or attention; showing or characterized by such absorption.
self-engrossed
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a word derived from
engrossed.
Example Sentences
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The orgone box style of acting — hermetic, self-engrossed — is back with a vengeance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2020
But of course the wild accusations, irrational behavior and self-engrossed eruptions didn’t end there.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2016
And while flat is the right TV answer for everyone but the self-engrossed bachelor, a curved computer monitor or all-in-one PC is something else entirely.
From The Verge ● Jan. 16, 2015
If Emmie was self-indulgent, Vibert self-engrossed, Bruce was pre-eminently self-willed.
From The Haunted Room A Tale by A. L. O. E.
And then she saw, what she had been too self-engrossed to see before, that fire had kindled fire indeed, and that those rash words of hers had waked the savage in him.
From The Odds And Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
