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absorbé — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • absorbed adj Completely focused on something, to the exclusion of everything else.
  • engrossed adj So absorbed in something that nothing else gets your attention.
  • rapt adj Snatched, taken away; abducted.

Senses

absorbé is used for these senses in English:

  • absorbed Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
  • engrossed Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else.
  • rapt (comparable) Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.

absorbed — full definition

  1. adj Completely focused on something, to the exclusion of everything else.
  2. adj Taken in or soaked up.

Related French words