self-absorbed

English

Etymology

self- +‎ absorbed

Adjective

self-absorbed (comparative more self-absorbed, superlative most self-absorbed)

1. Overly concerned about oneself, to the point of ignoring the feelings of others.

   I don't want to call him self-absorbed but he was more concerned with the scratch on his car than the people in the car he hit.

Synonyms

• inconsiderate

Translations

heavily concerned with oneself

• Bulgarian: егоцентричен (bg) (egocentričen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自私的, 固执己见的

• Dutch: in zichzelf verdiept, met alleen aandacht voor zichzelf
• Finnish: itseriittoinen (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvopptatt (no)

• Polish: pochłonięty sobą
• Portuguese: egoísta (pt)
• Thai: เอาแต่ใจ (th) (ao-dtɛ̀ɛ-jai), เห็นแก่ตัว (th) (hěn-gɛ̀ɛ-dtuua)

See also

• inward-looking