Meanings
comparative more absorbed · superlative most absorbed
- Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.First known use First attested in the mid 18ᵗʰ century.
fully absorbed
4 more examples
deeply absorbed
She was so absorbed in her book that she didn’t hear the phone.
The scientist remained absorbed in his experiments.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:absorbed.
- That has been taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated.First known use First attested in the mid 18ᵗʰ century.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:absorbed.
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of absorb
For quotations using this term, see Citations:absorbed.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivegiving or marked by complete attention to
adjectiveretained without reflection
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Italic*ap
- Latinab
- Latinab-
- Proto-Indo-European*srebʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*srobʰéyeti
- Proto-Italic*sorβeō
- Latinsorbeō
- Latinabsorbeō
- Old Frenchassorbir
- Middle Frenchabsorber
- Englishabsorb
- Englishabsorbed
Translations
Bengali মশগুল
- মশগুল (mośgul)fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Bulgarian вглъбен
- вглъбен (vglăben)fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Chinese Mandarin 專心 /专心
- 專心 /专心 (zhuānxīn)fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Czech pohlcený, pohlcený
- pohlcenýfully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- pohlcenýtaken in by a body without reflection
Dutch inbeslaggenomen, geabsorbeerd
- inbeslaggenomenfully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- geabsorbeerdtaken in by a body without reflection
- opgenomentaken in by a body without reflection
- geabsorbeerdtaken by through the pores of a surface
Esperanto absorbita
- absorbitafully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Finnish uppoutunut, syventynyt
- uppoutunutfully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- syventynytfully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- absorboitunuttaken in by a body without reflection
- imeytynyttaken by through the pores of a surface
French absorbé, captivé
- absorbéfully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- captivéfully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
German vertieft
- vertieftfully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Hindi मगन, मग्न
- मगन (magan)fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- मग्न (magna)fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- तल्लीन (tallīn)fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- अवशोषित (avśoṣit)taken in by a body without reflection
- अवशोषित (avśoṣit)taken by through the pores of a surface
Japanese 夢中になる
- 夢中になる (muchū ni naru)fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Portuguese absorvido, absorto
- absorvidofully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- absortofully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- absorvidotaken in by a body without reflection
- absorvidotaken by through the pores of a surface
- absortotaken by through the pores of a surface
Romanian absorbit, captivat
- absorbitfully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- captivatfully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- îngânduratfully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- absorbittaken in by a body without reflection
- absorbittaken by through the pores of a surface
Russian поглощённый, увлечённый
- поглощённый (pogloščónnyj)fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- увлечённый (uvlečónnyj)fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- поглощённый (pogloščónnyj)taken in by a body without reflection
- впи́танный (vpítannyj)taken by through the pores of a surface
Spanish absorto, ensimismado
- absortofully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- ensimismadofully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
- absorbidotaken in by a body without reflection
- absorbidotaken by through the pores of a surface
Cite this entry
absorbed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absorbed
“absorbed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absorbed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “absorbed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absorbed.
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