All day, I have been strangely preoccupied with thoughts of my hometown.
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Preoccupied
Synonyms for "preoccupied" (164 found)
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Strong matches (49)
Related words (82)
mooningmoonrakingmusefulmusingnappingnever-tiringnoddingobliviousobsessedobstinateoccupiedpatientpatient as jobpensivepermanentperseverantperseveringpersistentpersistingpertinacious
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1 entriesderived
5 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 19 languages.
Biatah Bidayuh
1 entries- ibaat adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Bulgarian
1 entries- разсеян adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Czech
2 entries- zaměstnaný (čím) adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
- zaujatý (čím) adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Dutch
2 entries- afwezig adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
- in gedachten verzonken adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Finnish
3 entries- but see syventynyt adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
- keskittynyt adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
- viedä huomio adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
French
1 entries- préoccupé adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
German
3 entries- gedankenverloren adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
- in Gedanken woanders adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
- tief beschäftigt adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Greek
1 entries- προβληματισμένος adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Hungarian
1 entries- belefeledkezett adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Italian
1 entries- preoccupato adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Khmer
1 entries- ខ្វល់ adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Malay
1 entries- leka adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Manx
1 entries- boirit adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Māori
3 entries- māharahara adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
- pakihaha adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
- warea adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مشغول adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Polish
4 entries- zafrapowany adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
- zamyślony adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
- zaniepokojony adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
- zatroskany adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Portuguese
1 entries- preocupado adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Romanian
1 entries- preocupat adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Spanish
2 entries- ensimismado adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
- obsesionado adj (concerned with something else, distracted)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I'm preoccupied with the exam.
Source: tatoeba (263457)
He is preoccupied with his studies.
Source: tatoeba (295989)
He is preoccupied with something else.
Source: tatoeba (301055)
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