Usually means: Excessively preoccupied with oneself only.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-absorbed: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-absorbed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-absorbed: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. self-absorbed, self-absorbed: Collins English Dictionary
  5. self-absorbed: Vocabulary.com
  6. Self-Absorbed, Self-absorbed, self-absorbed: Wordnik
  7. self-absorbed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. self-absorbed: Wiktionary
  9. self-absorbed: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. self-absorbed: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. self-absorbed: Dictionary.com
  12. self-absorbed: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. self-absorbed: Rhymezone
  14. self-absorbed: FreeDictionary.org
  15. self-absorbed: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. self-absorbed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. self-absorbed: Legal dictionary

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  1. self-absorbed: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Overly concerned about oneself, to the point of ignoring the feelings of others.

Similar:
self-involved, egoistic, self-obsessed, hyperselfish, masturbatory, full of oneself, overselfish, egotistical, self-indulgent, stuck on oneself, more...

Opposite:
altruistic, unselfish, generous

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Similar:
self-involved, egoistic, self-obsessed, hyperselfish, masturbatory, full of oneself, overselfish, egotistical, self-indulgent, stuck on oneself, more...

Opposite:
altruistic, unselfish, generous



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