PREOCCUPIED Synonyms

• strongly attracted

• filled with wonder and delight

• having ones attention or mind or energy engaged

• involved in military hostilities

• reserved in advance

• (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)

• (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting

• having services contracted for

• built against or attached to a wall

• pledged to be married

• giving or marked by complete attention to

• written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document

• filled with wonder and delight

• being in focus or brought into focus

• (of light rays) converging on a point

• of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image

• connected by participation or association or use

• entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire

• emotionally involved

• highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

• enveloped

• no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

• spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed

• not gained or won

• people who are destined to die soon

• having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity

• cannot be recovered or regained

• not caught with the senses or the mind

• deeply absorbed in thought

• perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment

• unable to function; without help

• having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something

• influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion

• enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like

• covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak

• giving or marked by complete attention to

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly

• spend extravagantly

• destroy completely

• use up (resources or materials)

• engage fully

• attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way

• pay attention to exclusively and obsessively

• make fixed, stable or stationary

• become fixed (on)

• thrust or throw into

• devote (oneself) fully to

• enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

• cause to be immersed

• a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends

• a clandestine love affair

• cause to be interested or curious

• form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner