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[ self-ab-sawrbd, -zawrbd, self- ] / ˈsɛlf æbˈsɔrbd, -ˈzɔrbd, ˌsɛlf- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR self-absorbed ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivepreoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc. Origin of self-absorbedFirst recorded in 1840–50 Words nearby self-absorbedself, self-abandoned, self-abandonment, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-absorbed, self-absorption, self-abuse, self-acting, self-actualization, self-actualize Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for self-absorbedIn Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy, the self-induced, self-absorbed Greek tragedy of Andrew Lohse. An Ivy League Frat Boy’s Shallow Repentance|Stefan Beck|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST She has a hard time getting the self-absorbed, self-loathing D-lister to open up (in between booze binges). 'BoJack Horseman': The Debauched Tales of a Drunken, Groupie-Sexing D-List Horse, Hits Netflix|Marlow Stern|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST The self-absorbed Bluth parents adopted Annyong from Korea for a better PR spin. Lucille Bluth’s Best Mothering Moments in ‘Arrested Development’ (VIDEO)|Jean Trinh|May 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST It was all self-absorbed, shabby and suggestive of a leader about to take her troops over a cliff. Chicago Teachers Union Winning? What Rahm Emanuel is Up Against|James Warren|September 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The move was ill-advised—he lost handily—and Michelle felt it showed how self-absorbed her husband was. 8 Surprises in Jodi Kantor’s Book ‘The Obamas’|Laura Colarusso|January 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST She was self-absorbed and self-approving because she had attained that quality of sentimentality. Main Street|Sinclair Lewis I do not mean that he is boorish or eccentric, merely that he is bookish and self-absorbed. The Opinions of a Philosopher|Robert Grant He really is too self-absorbed'; and she did not move, conveying by the posture of her shoulders how gravely she was vexed. Fraternity|John Galsworthy The great majority of our countrywomen thus grow careworn, narrow-minded, self-absorbed. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, October, 1864|Various Like most writers, I was self-absorbed, filled with a sense of the importance of my literary designs. A Daughter of the Middle Border|Hamlin Garland
British Dictionary definitions for self-absorbed
adjectivepreoccupied with one's own thoughts, emotions, life, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to self-absorbedegotistical, narcissistic |