Preoccupied - Definition

adj 1: deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a
professor listening to the prattling of his freshman
class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown" [syn:
bemused, deep in thought(p), lost(p),
preoccupied]
2: having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with
something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid
riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no
help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children";
"he was taken up in worry for the old woman" [syn: haunted,
obsessed, preoccupied, taken up(p)]