absorbed in thought



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absorbed in thought

Fully and deeply engrossed in a thought or idea, often to such a degree as to be unaware of or insensitive to the outside world. It's no use trying to talk to Helen when she's absorbed in thought like that; it's as if we don't even exist!
See also: absorb, thought

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Jackin-Medieval English
Doireann-Irish, Irish Mythology
Golnaz-Persian
Sergejsyer-GYAY (Russian), seer-GYAY (Russian)Russian, Bulgarian
Sigiheri-Ancient Germanic
FridtjofFRIT-shof (Swedish), FRIT-yof (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish