abstracted Play adjectiveShowing a lack of concentration on what is happening around one. SYNONYMS absentabsorbedbroodingdaydreamingdeep in thoughtdistracteddistraitdreamyengrossedfar awayheedlessimmersed in thoughtin a brown studyin a world of one's owninattentivelost in thoughtmusingnot therenot with usobliviouspensivepreoccupiedsomewhere elsethoughtfulwith one's head in the cloudswool-gathering