self-involved

American  

[self-in-volvd, self-] / ˈsɛlf ɪnˈvɒlvd, ˌsɛlf- /

adjective

1. another term for self-absorbed.

   That video game had him so self-involved he never heard us pounding on the door.

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Etymology

Origin of self-involved

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

As the sudden underdog here — even as a person we’re to take as critically self-involved and going a little crazy — she reads as the protagonist.

From Los Angeles Times

They made him the sane man in an elaborate joke that co-starred James Marsden playing a self-involved yet somehow likable parody of himself.

From Salon

She’s been Emmy nominated twice for her guest turn on “Hacks” as DJ Vance, the floundering adult daughter of a self-involved comedian.

From Los Angeles Times

Galinda is perky, blonde, self-involved and universally adored, presumably from the moment she trilled into the world.

From Salon

I worried for a bit that I was becoming a slightly self-involved dork, the sort of person who might, in earnest, Instagram a gratitude list.

From Salon

Related Words

• narcissistic
• self-absorbed
• snobbish