absorbed
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absorbed
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- Having one's thoughts fully occupied: deep, intent, preoccupied, rapt. Idioms: wrapped up in. See awareness/unawareness, excite/bore/interest.
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absorbed
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Definition: being completely occupied mentally
Antonyms: bored, disinterested, distracted, indifferent, uninterested
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absorbed
IN BRIEF: Taken in through the pores of a surface; Giving or marked by complete attention to; Retained without reflection.
The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
— Walt Whitman
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