Associations to the word «Abstracted»

Wiktionary

ABSTRACTED, adjective. Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
ABSTRACTED, adjective. (now) (rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
ABSTRACTED, adjective. (now) (rare) Abstract; abstruse; difficult. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
ABSTRACTED, adjective. Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
ABSTRACTED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of abstract

Dictionary definition

ABSTRACTED, adjective. Lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn