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self-absorbed
[ self-ab-sawrbd, -zawrbd, self- ]
adjective
- preoccupied with one's own thoughts, interests, etc., especially to the extent that other people and things go unnoticed:
She was criticized for being too self-absorbed, but she was an inventor, and when struck by an idea she had to shut the world out in order to focus on it.
self-absorbed
adjective
- preoccupied with one's own thoughts, emotions, life, etc
Word History and Origins
Origin of self-absorbed1
Example Sentences
In Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy, the self-induced, self-absorbed Greek tragedy of Andrew Lohse.
She has a hard time getting the self-absorbed, self-loathing D-lister to open up (in between booze binges).
The self-absorbed Bluth parents adopted Annyong from Korea for a better PR spin.
It was all self-absorbed, shabby and suggestive of a leader about to take her troops over a cliff.
The move was ill-advised—he lost handily—and Michelle felt it showed how self-absorbed her husband was.
At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
Edna looked straight before her with a self-absorbed expression upon her face.
The more self-absorbed the actors showed themselves, the more keenly interested Minetta became.
The girl was an enigmatic creature, silent, self-absorbed, shrinking from the give-and-take of social life.
He had been silent and self-absorbed from the first, but he had never quite given up hope.
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