self-absorbed
adjective
self-ab·sorbed
ˌself-əb-ˈsȯrbd 
-ˈzȯrbd
: absorbed in one's own thoughts, activities, or interests
Examples of self-absorbed in a Sentence
a self-absorbed man who seems utterly oblivious to the social problems of his own urban neighborhood
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Brilliant and brave, the poet and soldier was also entirely self-absorbed, turning the Adriatic city into his own personal manuscript.
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Ed Simon
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Is Huda self-absorbed, overdramatic, extremely volatile, overly obsessed with traditional gender roles, and impossible to please?
—Shannon Keating, Vulture, 19 June 2025
The reader of Dykes to Watch Out For will recognize Alison as a new, unimproved version of Bechdel’s comic-strip alter ego, Mo: a total drag who rails against the capitalist war machine but is too self-absorbed to picket a homophobic business.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 16 June 2025
That changed with The Boys – Eric Kripke’s superhero satire, where Crawford plays The Deep, an insecure and self-absorbed aquatic anti-hero.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 14 June 2025
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Ed Simon
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Is Huda self-absorbed, overdramatic, extremely volatile, overly obsessed with traditional gender roles, and impossible to please?
—Shannon Keating, Vulture, 19 June 2025
The reader of Dykes to Watch Out For will recognize Alison as a new, unimproved version of Bechdel’s comic-strip alter ego, Mo: a total drag who rails against the capitalist war machine but is too self-absorbed to picket a homophobic business.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 16 June 2025
That changed with The Boys – Eric Kripke’s superhero satire, where Crawford plays The Deep, an insecure and self-absorbed aquatic anti-hero.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 14 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-absorbed
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“Self-absorbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-absorbed. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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